Pathogenicity of endophytic entomopathogenic fungi to Ornithodoros erraticus and Ornithodoros moubata (Acari: Argasidae)

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 158, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 336-343

  Zabalgogeazcoa, Iñigo ^a   Oleaga, Ana ^a   Pérez Sánchez, Ricardo ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE RECURSOS NATURALES Y AGROBIOLOGÍA DE SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Beauveria bassiana; Entomopathogenic fungi; Lecanicillium lecanii; Ornithodoros; Tick biocontrol; Tolypocladium cylindrosporum

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEAUVERIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; ENTOMOPATHOGENIC FUNGUS; FUNGAL STRAIN; LECANICILLIUM LECANII; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; TICK; TOLYPOCLADIUM CYLINDROSPORUM;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; FEMALE; FUNGI; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; MALE; ORNITHODOROS; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL;

ACARI; AFRICAN SWINE FEVER VIRUS; ARGASIDAE; CORDYCEPS BASSIANA; FUNGI; IXODIDA; ORNITHODOROS; ORNITHODOROS ERRATICUS; ORNITHODOROS MOUBATA; TOLYPOCLADIUM CYLINDROSPORUM; TORRUBIELLA CONFRAGOSA;

EID: 56349133633     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2008.09.019     Document Type: Article

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