Intraspecific tolerance of Metarhizium anisopliae conidia to the upper thermal limits of summer with a description of a quantitative assay system

Mycological Research

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 93-99

  Li, Jun ^a   Feng, Ming Guang ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Colony growth; Conidial survival index; Conidial thermotolerance; Median lethal time; Metarhizium anisopliae; Thermal stress

Indexed keywords

BIOCONTROL AGENT; FUNGUS; GRASSHOPPER; GROWTH; INCUBATION; PEST CONTROL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; CLASSIFICATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; FUNGUS SPORE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEAT; HEAT SHOCK RESPONSE; INSECT; METARHIZIUM; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; CULTURE MEDIA; HEAT-SHOCK RESPONSE; HOT TEMPERATURE; INSECTS; METARHIZIUM; MICROBIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; SEASONS; SPORES, FUNGAL; TEMPERATURE;

METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE;

EID: 57649233384     PISSN: 09537562     EISSN: 14698102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mycres.2008.08.006     Document Type: Article

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