Laboratory study on the efficacy of Metarhizium anisopliae (Deuteromycota: Hyphomycetes) in controlling Coptotermes gestroi (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae)

Entomologia Generalis

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 203-218

  Maketon, Monchan ^a   Sawangwan, Patcharin ^a   Sawatwarakul, Weethima ^a  

^a KASETSART UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Biological control; Castes; Coptotermes gestroi (Wasmann 1896); Entomopathogenic fungi; Metarhizium anisopliae (Metschnikoff 1879) Sorokin; Scanning electron microscopy (SEM)

Indexed keywords

COPTOTERMES GESTROI; FUNGI; FUNGI IMPERFECTI; HYPHOMYCETES; ISOPTERA; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE; RHINOTERMITIDAE;

EID: 38049053561     PISSN: 01718177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/entom.gen/30/2007/203     Document Type: Article

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