Medium components and culture conditions affect the thermotolerance of aerial conidia of fungal biocontrol agent Beauveria bassiana

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 331-335

  Ying, S H ^a   Feng, M G ^a,b  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Beauveria bassiana; Conidial production; Conidial thermotolerance; Medium components; Microbial control; Optimized culture conditions

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; BIOCONTROL; CARBON; FUNGI; POTASSIUM COMPOUNDS; STARCH; SUBSTRATES; SUGAR (SUCROSE); THERMAL STRESS;

BEAUVERIA BASSIANA; CARBON SOURCE; CONIDIAL PRODUCTION; CONIDIAL THERMOTOLERANCE; CULTURE CONDITIONS; FUNGAL BIOCONTROL AGENTS; MEDIUM COMPONENTS; MICROBIAL CONTROL; OPTIMIZED CULTURE CONDITIONS; THERMOTOLERANCE;

GLUCOSE;

CELL CULTURE; COMPOSITION; FUNGI; GLUCOSE; OPTIMIZATION; STARCH; SUGAR (SUCROSE);

BIOCONTROL AGENT; FUNGUS; GLUCOSE; STARCH; TEMPERATURE TOLERANCE;

ARTICLE; BEAUVERIA; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; CONIDIUM; CULTURE MEDIUM; FUNGUS; FUNGUS CULTURE; HEAT TOLERANCE; INSECT CONTROL; NONHUMAN; PH; TEMPERATURE;

CORDYCEPS BASSIANA; INSECTA;

EID: 33747110587     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: 1472765X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.2006.01947.x     Document Type: Article

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