Pathogenicity of entomopathogenic fungi Beauveria bassiana and Metarhizium anisopliae to ixodidae tick species Dermacentor variabilis, Rhipicephalus sanguineus, and Ixodes scapularis

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 705-711

  Kirkland, Brett H ^a   Westwood, Greg S ^a   Keyhani, Nemat O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Beauveria bassiana; Entomopathogenic fungi; Metarhizium anisopliae; Tick biocontrol

Indexed keywords

ACARI; ANIMALIA; BEAUVERIA; BEAUVERIA BASSIANA; CORDYCEPS BASSIANA; DERMACENTOR; DERMACENTOR VARIABILIS; FUNGI; FUNGI IMPERFECTI; HYPOCREA; INVERTEBRATA; IXODES; IXODES SCAPULARIS; IXODIDAE; METARHIZIUM; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE; RHIPICEPHALUS; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS;

EID: 3342911526     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585-41.4.705     Document Type: Article

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