Development of a PCR-based diagnostic assay for the specific detection of the entomopathogenic fungus Metarhizium anisopliae var. acridum

Mycological Research

Volumn 109, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1302-1312

  Entz, Susan C ^a   Johnson, Dan L ^a   Kawchuk, Lawrence M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

^b LETHBRIDGE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA;

DETECTION METHOD; ENTOMOPATHOGENIC ORGANISM; FUNGUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; GRASSHOPPER; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; DNA, FUNGAL; GRASSHOPPERS; HYPOCREALES; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ACRIDIDAE; CAELIFERA; FUNGI; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE VAR. ACRIDUM;

EID: 26244458048     PISSN: 09537562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0953756205003746     Document Type: Article

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