Evaluation of Metarhizium anisopliae strains as potential biocontrol agents of the tick Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus and the cotton stainer Dysdercus peruvianus

Fungal Ecology

Volumn 1, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 78-88

  Lubeck, Irina ^a   Arruda, Walquíria ^b   Souza, Bárbara K ^a   Stanisçuaski, Fernanda ^a   Carlini, Célia R ^a   Schrank, Augusto ^a   Vainstein, Marilene H ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biological control; Chitinases; Dysdercus peruvianus; Metarhizium anisopliae; Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPODA; BOOPHILUS; BOOPHILUS MICROPLUS; BOS; DYSDERCUS PERUVIANUS; FUNGI; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; IXODIDA; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE; RHIPICEPHALUS; WUPATKIUS SEMO;

EID: 59049104305     PISSN: 17545048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.funeco.2008.09.002     Document Type: Article

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