Susceptibility of adult Aethina tumida (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae) to entomopathogenic fungi

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-6

  Muerrle, T M ^a   Neumann, P ^a,b   Dames, J F ^a   Hepburn, H R ^a   Hill, M P ^a  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aethina tumida; Apis mellifera; Biological control; Entomopathogenic fungi

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA; PRIMER DNA; RIBOSOMAL SPACER DNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BEE; BEETLE; BIOASSAY; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FUNGUS; FUNGUS SPORE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SOUTH AFRICA; SURVIVAL; TIME; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; BEES; BEETLES; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; FUNGI; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; SOUTH AFRICA; SPORES, FUNGAL; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; VIRULENCE;

AETHINA TUMIDA; APINAE; APIS MELLIFERA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BEAUVERIA; BULNESIA SARMIENTI; COLEOPTERA; CORDYCEPS BASSIANA; FUNGI; HIRSUTELLA ILLUSTRIS; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE; NITIDULIDAE;

EID: 33750337158     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-0493(2006)099[0001:SOAATC]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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