Sporulation of Metarhizium anisopliae var. acridum and Beauveria bassiana on Rhammatocerus schistocercoides under humid and dry conditions

Brazilian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 162-164

  Magalhães, Bonifácio Peixoto ^a   Goettel, Mark Stanislaw ^b   Frazão, Heloisa Da Silva ^a  

^a EMBRAPA RECURSOS GENÉTICOS E BIOTECNOLOGIA   (Brazil)

^b AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Entomopathogenic fungi; Grasshoppers; Internal sporulation; Microbial control

Indexed keywords

BASSIANA; BEAUVERIA; CORDYCEPS BASSIANA; FUNGI; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE VAR. ACRIDUM; RHAMMATOCERUS SCHISTOCERCOIDES;

EID: 23744452721     PISSN: 15178382     EISSN: 16784405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s1517-83822000000300002     Document Type: Article

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