Biological control of the tick Ixodes ricinus with entomopathogenic fungi and nematodes: Preliminary results from laboratory experiments

International Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 298, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2008, Pages 314-320

  Hartelt, Kathrin ^a   Wurst, Eberhard ^b   Collatz, Jana ^b   Zimmermann, Gisbert ^c   Kleespies, Regina G ^c   Oehme, Rainer M ^a   Kimmig, Peter ^a   Steidle, Johannes L M ^b   Mackenstedt, Ute ^b  

^a Baden Wurttemberg State Health Office   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PATHOGEN DIAGNOSTICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Beauveria bassiana; Biological tick control; Heterorhabditis bacteriophora; Ixodes ricinus; Metarhizium anisopliae; Paecilomyces fumosoroseus; Steinernema spp.

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEAUVERIA; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTOMOPATHOGENIC FUNGUS; ENTOMOPATHOGENIC NEMATODE; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; GERMANY; HETERORHABDITIS BACTERIOPHORA; IXODES RICINUS; LARVA; LYME DISEASE; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE; NONHUMAN; NYMPH; PAECILOMYCES; PAECILOMYCES FUMOSOROSEUS; STEINERNEMA CARPOCAPSAE; STEINERNEMA FELTIAE; TICK BORNE ENCEPHALITIS; TICK BORNE ENCEPHALITIS FLAVIVIRUS; WASP;

EID: 48349089066     PISSN: 14384221     EISSN: 16180607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmm.2007.10.003     Document Type: Article

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