Laboratory evaluation of three strains of the entomopathogenic fungus Metarhizium anisopliae for controlling Dermanyssus gallinae

Avian Pathology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 259-263

  Tavassoli, M ^a   Ownag, A ^a   Pourseyed, S H ^a   Mardani, K ^a  

^a URMIA UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; CLASSIFICATION; METARHIZIUM; MICROBIOLOGY; MITE; NYMPH; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME;

ANIMALS; METARHIZIUM; MITES; NYMPH; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS;

DERMANYSSUS GALLINAE; FUNGI; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE;

EID: 45849151756     PISSN: 03079457     EISSN: 14653338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03079450802043718     Document Type: Article

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