Protection of Metarhizium anisopliae conidia from ultra-violet radiation and their pathogenicity to Rhipicephalus evertsi evertsi ticks

Experimental and Applied Acarology

Volumn 46, Issue 1-4, 2008, Pages 149-156

  Hedimbi, M ^a   Kaaya, G P ^a   Singh, S ^a   Chimwamurombe, P M ^a   Gindin, G ^b   Glazer, I ^b   Samish, M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAMIBIA   (Namibia)

^b VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

^c KIMRON VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Conidial germination; Metarhizium anisopliae; Rhipicephalus evertsi evertsi; Sunscreens; Ultra violet radiation

Indexed keywords

PESTICIDE; SUNSCREEN;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; FUNGUS; MORTALITY; PATHOGENICITY; SURVIVAL; TICK; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; FUNGUS SPORE; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; LARVA; METARHIZIUM; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RHIPICEPHALUS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ANIMALS; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; LARVA; METARHIZIUM; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; PESTICIDE SYNERGISTS; RHIPICEPHALUS; SPORES, FUNGAL; SUNSCREENING AGENTS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

IXODIDA; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE; RHIPICEPHALUS; RHIPICEPHALUS EVERTSI EVERTSI;

EID: 57349152514     PISSN: 01688162     EISSN: 15729702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10493-008-9186-2     Document Type: Article

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