Interactions of Metarhizium anisoplae and tree-based mulches in repellence and mycoses against Coptotermes formosanus (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae)

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 755-763

  Sun, Jian Zhong ^a   Fuxa, James R ^b   Richter, Arthur ^b   Ring, Dennis ^b  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Fungal pathogen; Fungal repellence; Integrated pest management; Landscape mulch management; Subterranean termites

Indexed keywords

FOOD CONSUMPTION; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; FUNGUS; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT; LANDSCAPE; MORTALITY; MULCH; PATHOGEN; TERMITE;

COPTOTERMES FORMOSANUS; EUCALYPTUS; FUNGI; ISOPTERA; MELALEUCA; METARHIZIUM; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE; QUERCUS NIGRA; RHINOTERMITIDAE; TAXODIUM DISTICHUM;

EID: 46849099808     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ee/37.3.755     Document Type: Article

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