Screening of Verticillium lecanii (Lecanicillium spp.) hybrid strains based on evaluation of pathogenicity against cotton aphid and greenhouse whitefly, and viability on the leaf surface

Japanese Journal of Applied Entomology and Zoology

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 205-212

  Aiuchi, Daigo ^a   Baba, Yukiko ^b   Inami, Keigo ^c   Shinya, Ryoji ^d   Tani, Masayuki ^a   Kuramochi, Katuhisa ^a   Horie, Sayaka ^a   Koike, Masanori ^a  

^a OBIHIRO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^d KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biological control; Lecanicillium spp.; Protoplast fusion; Screening; Verticillium lecanii

Indexed keywords

ALEYRODIDAE; APHIDIDAE; APHIS GOSSYPII; CUCUMIS SATIVUS; FUNGI; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; LECANICILLIUM; TORRUBIELLA CONFRAGOSA; TRIALEURODES VAPORARIORUM;

EID: 36949019774     PISSN: 00214914     EISSN: 13476068     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1303/jjaez.2007.205     Document Type: Article

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