A PCR-based tool for the cultivation-independent monitoring of Pandora neoaphidis

Journal of Invertebrate Pathology

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 49-56

  Fournier, A ^a   Enkerli, J ^a   Keller, S ^a   Widmer, F ^a  

^a AGROSCOPE RECKENHOLZ TÄNIKON RESEARCH STATION ART   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Aphid; Conservation biological control; Entomopathogenic fungi; Entomophthorales; Erynia neoaphidis; PCR based detection in soil; Winter survival

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA; PLANT DNA; RIBOSOME RNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; APHID; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ENTOMOPHTHORALES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FUNGAL GENE; GENETICS; HIBERNATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUCORMYCOSIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; APHIDS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, PLANT; ENTOMOPHTHORALES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GENES, FUNGAL; HIBERNATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; ZYGOMYCOSIS;

APHIDIDAE; ENTOMOPHTHORALES; FUNGI; PANDORA NEOAPHIDIS; URTICA;

EID: 49849087932     PISSN: 00222011     EISSN: 10960805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jip.2008.03.013     Document Type: Article

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