Pathogenicity of Metarhizium anisopliae (Deuteromycetes) and permethrin to Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae) nymphs

Experimental and Applied Acarology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 301-316

  Hornbostel, V L ^a   Zhioua, Elyes ^b,c   Benjamin, Michael A ^a   Ginsberg, Howard S ^b   Ostfeld, Richard S ^a  

^a CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^c PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF TUNIS   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Acaricide; Biological control; Ixodes scapularis; Lyme disease; Metarhizium anisopliae; Tick control

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE; PERMETHRIN;

ENTOMOPATHOGENIC ORGANISM; INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT; LYME DISEASE; PATHOGENICITY; PERMETHRIN; TICK;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; DEUTEROMYCETES; IXODES; MICROBIOLOGY; NYMPH; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME;

ANIMALS; INSECTICIDES; IXODES; MITOSPORIC FUNGI; NYMPH; PERMETHRIN; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS;

ACARI; ARTHROPODA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; FUNGI IMPERFECTI; INSECTA; IXODES SCAPULARIS; IXODIDAE; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE;

EID: 18244390756     PISSN: 01688162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10493-004-5437-z     Document Type: Article

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