Occurrence and diversity of insect-associated fungi in natural soils in China

Applied Soil Ecology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 100-108

  Sun, Bing Da ^a,b,c   Liu, Xing Zhong ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (China)

^b ANHUI AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Community; Diversity; Insect pathogenic fungi; Mycoflora; Opportunistic pathogenic fungi; Secondary colonizer; Soil

Indexed keywords

BEAUVERIA; CLONOSTACHYS ROSEA F. CATENULATA; CORDYCEPS BASSIANA; FUNGI; FUSARIUM; FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM; FUSARIUM SOLANI; FUSARIUM SP.; GALLERIA; GALLERIA MELLONELLA; GEOMYCES PANNORUM; HEXAPODA; HYPHOMYCETES; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE VAR. ANISOPLIAE; PAECILOMYCES FARINOSUS;

EID: 38749103498     PISSN: 09291393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsoil.2007.12.001     Document Type: Article

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