Evaluation of the desiccation tolerance of blastospores of Paecilomyces fumosoroseus (Deuteromycotina: Hyphomycetes) using a lab-scale, air-drying chamber with controlled relative humidity

Biocontrol Science and Technology

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 709-719

  Jackson, Mark A ^a   Payne, Angela R ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL UTILIZATION RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Air drying; Biocontrol; Blastospores; Fungi; Insects; Relative humidity

Indexed keywords

AIRFLOW; DESICCATION; FUNGUS; LABORATORY METHOD; PH; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; TOLERANCE;

FUNGI; FUNGI IMPERFECTI; HEXAPODA; HYPHOMYCETES; PAECILOMYCES FUMOSOROSEUS;

EID: 34548831648     PISSN: 09583157     EISSN: 13600478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09583150701527235     Document Type: Article

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