Further research on the production, longevity and infectivity of the zoospores of Leptolegnia chapmanii Seymour (Oomycota: Peronosporomycetes)

Journal of Invertebrate Pathology

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 314-319

  Pelizza, Sebastián A ^a   López Lastra, Claudia C ^a   Becnel, James J ^b   Humber, Richard A ^c   García, Juan J ^a  

^a CENTRO DE ESTUDIOS PARASITOLÓGICOS Y DE VECTORES CEPAVE   (Argentina)

^b CENTER FOR MEDICAL   (United States)

^c ROBERT W HOLLEY CENTER FOR AGRICULTURE AND HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Culicidae; Entomopathogenic fungi; Infection per os; Saprolegniales

Indexed keywords

AEDES; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; FUNGUS SPORE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; IN VITRO STUDY; INFECTION; LARVA; LIFE CYCLE; LONGEVITY; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SAPROLEGNIA;

AEDES; ANIMALS; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; INFECTION; LARVA; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; LONGEVITY; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; SAPROLEGNIA; SPORES, FUNGAL;

AEDES AEGYPTI; CULICIDAE; FUNGI; LEPTOLEGNIA CHAPMANII; OOMYCETES; SAPROLEGNIALES;

EID: 45849090737     PISSN: 00222011     EISSN: 10960805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jip.2008.04.006     Document Type: Article

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