New use of broomcorn millets for production of granular cultures of aphid-pathogenic fungus Pandora neoaphidis for high sporulation potential and infectivity to Myzus persicae

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 227, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 311-317

  Hua, Li ^a   Feng, Ming Guang ^a,b  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Broomcorn millet; Entomophthoracea; Entomophthorales; Granular culture; Microbial control; Myzus persicae; Pandora neoaphidis; Panicum miliaceum; Sporulation and infectivity

Indexed keywords

AGAR; GLUCOSE;

APHID; ARTICLE; AUTOCLAVE; BIOASSAY; CONIDIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG YOLK; FUNGUS; FUNGUS CULTURE; INCUBATION TIME; LC 50; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; LIQUID CULTURE; MICROBIAL PEST CONTROL; MILLET; MORTALITY; MYCELIUM; MYZUS PERSICAE; NONHUMAN; PANDORA NEOAPHIDIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPOROGENESIS; WATER CONTENT;

APHIDIDAE; ENTOMOPHTHORALES; FUNGI; INSECTA; MYZUS PERSICAE; PANDORA NEOAPHIDIS; PANICUM MILIACEUM; SORGHUM BICOLOR;

EID: 0142195880     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(03)00711-0     Document Type: Article

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