Discovery of Fusarium solani as a naturally occurring pathogen of sugarbeet root maggot (Diptera: Ulidiidae) pupae: Prevalence and baseline susceptibility

Journal of Invertebrate Pathology

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-8

  Majumdar, Ayanava ^a   Boetel, Mark A ^a   Jaronski, Stefan T ^b  

^a NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

ARSEF 7382; Entomopathogenic fungus; Fusarium solani; Insect pathogen; Pathogenicity; Prevalence; Pupal bioassay; Tetanops myopaeformis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEET; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; FLY; FUSARIUM; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE;

ANIMALS; BETA VULGARIS; DIPTERA; FUSARIUM; MYCOSES; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; PREVALENCE;

DIPTERA; FUNGI; FUSARIUM SOLANI; HEXAPODA; TETANOPS MYOPAEFORMIS; ULIDIIDAE;

EID: 36849009108     PISSN: 00222011     EISSN: 10960805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jip.2007.05.003     Document Type: Article

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