Discovery of a North American genetic variant of the entomopathogenic fungus Metarhizium anisopliae var. anisopliae pathogenic to grasshoppers

BioControl

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 327-339

  Entz, Susan C ^a   Kawchuk, Lawrence M ^b   Johnson, Dan L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

^b LETHBRIDGE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Agroecosystem pest; Entomopathogenic fungus; Grasshoppers; Metarhizium; Microbial control

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; BIOCONTROL AGENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENTOMOPATHOGENIC ORGANISM; FUNGUS; GENETIC VARIATION; GRASSHOPPER; LABORATORY METHOD; MORTALITY; PATHOGENICITY;

ALBERTA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

FUNGI; HEXAPODA; METARHIZIUM; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE VAR. ACRIDUM; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE VAR. ANISOPLIAE;

EID: 41049109003     PISSN: 13866141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10526-006-9061-1     Document Type: Article

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