Variation in germination, virulence and conidial production of single spore isolates of entomopathogenic fungi in response to environmental heterogeneity

Journal of Biological Sciences

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 305-315

  El Damir, Mohammed ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Beauveria bassiana; Germination; Metarhizium anisopliae; Relative humidity; Single spore isolates; Spore production; Temperature; Virulence

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEAUVERIA; CONIDIUM; ENTOMOPATHOGENY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FLOWER; FUNGAL SPORE GERMINATION; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HUMIDITY; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PEST CONTROL; PLANT FUNGUS INTERACTION; PLANT PEST; SPOROGENESIS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

BASSIANA; BEAUVERIA; BULNESIA SARMIENTI; CORDYCEPS BASSIANA; EURYGASTER INTEGRICEPS; FRANKLINIELLA OCCIDENTALIS; FUNGI; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE;

EID: 33645355936     PISSN: 17273048     EISSN: 18125719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/jbs.2006.305.315     Document Type: Article

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