Suppression of growth of a brown rot fungus, Gloeophyllum trabeum, by formosan subterranean termites (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae)

Annals of the Entomological Society of America

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 506-511

  Jayasimha, Poornima ^a   Henderson, Gregg ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological control; Coptotermes formosanus; Dispersal; Gloeophyllum trabeum; Suppression

Indexed keywords

ANTAGONISM; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; DISPERSAL; FUNGUS; GROWTH; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; TERMITE;

ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; COPTOTERMES FORMOSANUS; FUNGI; GLOEOPHYLLUM TRABEUM; ISOPTERA; RHINOTERMITIDAE; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; TRICHODERMA;

EID: 34447566064     PISSN: 00138746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0013-8746(2007)100[506:SOGOAB]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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