Variability in conidial thermotolerance of Metarhizium anisopliae isolates from different geographic origins

Journal of Invertebrate Pathology

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 116-125

  Rangel, Drauzio E N ^a   Braga, Gilberto U L ^a,b   Anderson, Anne J ^a   Roberts, Donald W ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Conidial moisture; Conidial thermotolerance; Conidial viability; Dry heat; Entomopathogenic fungus; Metarhizium anisopliae; Temperature upper limits; Wet heat

Indexed keywords

FUNGI; INSECTA; METARHIZIUM; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE VAR. ACRIDUM; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE VAR. ANISOPLIAE;

EID: 17644368276     PISSN: 00222011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jip.2004.11.007     Document Type: Article

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