Specific PCR assays for the detection of DNA from Beauveria bassiana F-263, a highly virulent strain affecting the Japanese pine sawyer, Monochamus alternatus (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae), by a sequence-characterized amplified region (SCAR) marker

Applied Entomology and Zoology

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 619-628

  Takatsuka, Jun ^a  

^a FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Beauveria bassiana; Entomopathogenic fungus; Microbial control; Molecular marker

Indexed keywords

BEAUVERIA; CERAMBYCIDAE; COLEOPTERA; CORDYCEPS BASSIANA; FUNGI; MONOCHAMUS ALTERNATUS;

EID: 39849092888     PISSN: 00036862     EISSN: 1347605X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1303/aez.2007.619     Document Type: Article

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