Media composition influences on growth, enzyme activity, and virulence of the entomopathogen hyphomycete Isaria fumosoroseus

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 131, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 30-38

  Ali, Shaukat ^a   Huang, Zhen ^a   Ren, Shunxiang ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Biocontrol program; Chitin; Entomopathogenic fungi; Hyphomycetes; Lepidoptera; Microbial control; Paecilomyces fumosoroseus; Plutella xylostella; Plutellidae

Indexed keywords

BIOCONTROL AGENT; CHITIN; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNGUS; GERMINATION; GROWTH; INOCULATION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MOTH; NUTRIENT; SURVIVAL; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; HYPHOMYCETES; ISARIA; LEPIDOPTERA; PAECILOMYCES FUMOSOROSEUS; PLUTELLA XYLOSTELLA; PLUTELLIDAE;

EID: 61849140513     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: 15707458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1570-7458.2009.00833.x     Document Type: Article

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