Entomopathogenic fungi detection and avoidance by mole crickets (Orthoptera: Gryllotalpidae)

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 165-172

  Thompson, Sarah R ^a   Brandenburg, Rick L ^a   Roberson, Gary T ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b North Carolina State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Avoidance; Beauveria bassiana; Infrared emitters and detectors; S. Vicinus; Scapteriscus borellii

Indexed keywords

AVOIDANCE REACTION; CHEMORECEPTION; CRICKET; ENTOMOPATHOGENIC ORGANISM; FUNGUS; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BEAUVERIA; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; MICROBIOLOGY; ORTHOPTERA; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; BEAUVERIA; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ORTHOPTERA; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

BEAUVERIA; BULNESIA SARMIENTI; CORDYCEPS BASSIANA; FUNGI; GRYLLOTALPIDAE; INSECTIVORA; ORTHOPTERA; SCAPTERISCUS; SCAPTERISCUS ACLETUS; SCAPTERISCUS BORELLII; SCAPTERISCUS VICINUS;

EID: 34047162836     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X(2007)36[165:EFDAAB]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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