Influence of temperature on virulence of fungal isolates of metarhizium anisopliae and beauveria bassiana to the two-spotted spider mite tetranychus urticae

Mycopathologia

Volumn 167, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 221-227

  Bugeme, David Mugisho ^a,b   Knapp, Markus ^a   Boga, Hamadi Iddi ^b   Wanjoya, Anthony Kibira ^a   Maniania, Nguya Kalemba ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY ICIPE   (Kenya)

^b JOMO KENYATTA UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Beauveria bassiana; Biological control; Metarhizium anisopliae; Temperature; Tetranychus urticae; Virulence

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEAUVERIA; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; EVALUATION; FEMALE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METARHIZIUM; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; TEMPERATURE; TETRANYCHIDAE; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; BEAUVERIA; FEMALE; METARHIZIUM; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; TEMPERATURE; TETRANYCHIDAE; VIRULENCE;

ACARI; ARANEAE; ASCOMYCOTA; BEAUVERIA; BULNESIA SARMIENTI; CLAVICIPITACEAE; CORDYCEPS BASSIANA; HYPOCREALES; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE; TETRANYCHIDAE; TETRANYCHUS URTICAE;

EID: 63149166536     PISSN: 0301486X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11046-008-9164-6     Document Type: Article

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