Biological control of Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) annulatus by different strains of Metarhizium anisopliae, Beauveria bassiana and Lecanicillium psalliotae fungi

Parasitology Research

Volumn 100, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1297-1302

  Pirali Kheirabadi, Khodadad ^a   Haddadzadeh, Hamidreza ^b   Razzaghi Abyaneh, Mehdi ^c   Bokaie, Saeed ^b   Zare, Rasoul ^d   Ghazavi, Mehran ^d   Shams Ghahfarokhi, Masoomeh ^e  

^a SHAHREKORD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^c PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF IRAN   (Iran)

^d PLANT PESTS AND DISEASES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Iran)

^e TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEAUVERIA; BOOPHILUS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); EGG; ENTOMOPATHOGENY; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; INOCULATION; LARVA; LECANICILLIUM PSALLIOTAE; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIPICEPHALUS ANNULATUS; TICK;

ANIMALS; ASCOMYCOTA; BEAUVERIA; FEMALE; METARHIZIUM; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; RHIPICEPHALUS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

CORDYCEPS BASSIANA; FUNGI; IXODIDA; LECANICILLIUM PSALLIOTAE; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE; RHIPICEPHALUS ANNULATUS;

EID: 33947378827     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-006-0410-x     Document Type: Article

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