Endophytic colonization of date palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.) leaves by entomopathogenic fungi

Micron

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 624-632

  Gomez Vidal S ^a   Lopez Llorca, L V ^a   Jansson, H B ^a   Salinas, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Beauveria bassiana; Bioassays; Endophytes; Entomopathogenic fungi; Lecanicillium c.f. psalliotae; Lecanicillium dimorphum; Light microscopy; Phoenix dactylifera; Scanning electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; FUNGI; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TISSUE CULTURE;

BEAUVERIA BASSIANA; ENDOPHYTES; ENTOMOPATHOGENIC FUNGI; LECANICILLIUM C.F. PSALLIOTAE; LECANICILLIUM DIMORPHUM; PHOENIX DACTYLIFERA;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ARECACEAE; ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; CORDYCEPS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; PLANT LEAF; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ARECACEAE; CORDYCEPS; HYPOCREALES; MICROSCOPY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PLANT LEAVES;

BEAUVERIA; CORDYCEPS BASSIANA; FUNGI; LECANICILLIUM; LECANICILLIUM DIMORPHUM; PHOENIX DACTYLIFERA;

EID: 33745818525     PISSN: 09684328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micron.2006.02.003     Document Type: Article

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