Studies on adaptations of Metarhizium anisopliae to life in the soil

Journal of Invertebrate Pathology

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 271-276

  St Leger, Raymond J ^a  

^a Bldg 142   (United States)

Author keywords

Field trails; Insect pathogen; Metarhizium anisopliae; Rhizosphere competence; Risk assessment; Saprophytic existence of M. anisopliae; Transgenic fungi

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; ECOSYSTEM; FUNGUS HYPHAE; GENETIC MARKER; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; METABOLISM; METARHIZIUM; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT ROOT; TRANSGENIC ORGANISM;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ECOSYSTEM; GENETIC MARKERS; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HYPHAE; METARHIZIUM; ORGANISMS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT ROOTS; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

FUNGI; HEXAPODA; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE;

EID: 45849094042     PISSN: 00222011     EISSN: 10960805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jip.2008.01.007     Document Type: Article

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