Induction of chymoelastase (Pr1) of Metarhizium anisopliae and its role in causing mortality to mosquito larvae

World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 2283-2288

  Mohanty, Suman Sundar ^a,b   Raghavendra, Kamaraju ^a   Dash, Aditya Prasad ^a  

^a INDIAN COUNCIL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (India)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MALARIA RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Basal medium; Cuticle; De repression; Efficacy; Entomopathogenic fungi

Indexed keywords

BASAL MEDIUM; CUTICLE; DE-REPRESSION; EFFICACY; ENTOMOPATHOGENIC FUNGI; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE; MOSQUITO LARVAE;

AEDES AEGYPTI; ANOPHELES STEPHENSI; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CULEX PIPIENS QUINQUEFASCIATUS; FUNGI; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE; PYRAUSTA;

EID: 50249099726     PISSN: 09593993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11274-008-9742-2     Document Type: Article

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