Characterization of a Peruvian isolate of Metarhizium anisopliae var. acridum, a pathogen of grasshoppers

Pesquisa Agropecuaria Brasileira

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1469-1475

  Magalhães, Bonifácio Peixoto ^a   Tigano, Myrian Silvana ^a   Martins, Irene ^a   Frazão, Heloisa ^a   Ramirez, Hilda Gómez ^b  

^a EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

^b SERVICIO NACIONAL DE SANIDAD AGRARIA   (Peru)

Author keywords

Acrididae; Entomopathogenous fungi; Insecta; Pest control

Indexed keywords

ACRIDIDAE; ARTHROPODA; FUNGI; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; METARHIZIUM; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE VAR. ACRIDUM; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE VAR. ANISOPLIAE; SCHISTOCERCA; SCHISTOCERCA INTERRITA;

EID: 1642295887     PISSN: 0100204X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0100-204X2003001200014     Document Type: Article

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