Pathogenicity of Metarhizium anisopliae (Hypocreales: Clavicipitaceae) To tick egg cuticular lipids on conidia developement

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 531-538

  Gindin, Galina ^a   Ment, Dana ^a   Rot, Asael ^b   Glazer, Itamar ^a   Samish, Michael ^b  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

^b KIMRON VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Hyalomma excavatum; Metarhizium anisopliae; Rhipicephalus (boophilus) annulatus; Rhipicephalus sanguineus; Tick eggs

Indexed keywords

LIPID;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METARHIZIUM; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; OOCYTE; PATHOGENICITY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TICK;

ANIMALS; LIPIDS; METARHIZIUM; OVUM; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TICKS;

ACARI; ASCOMYCOTA; BOOPHILUS; CLAVICIPITACEAE; FUNGI; HYALOMMA ANATOLICUM EXCAVATUM; HYPHOMYCETES; HYPOCREALES; IXODIDA; IXODIDAE; METARHIZIUM; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE; RHIPICEPHALUS; RHIPICEPHALUS ANNULATUS; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS;

EID: 67650122814     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/033.046.0318     Document Type: Article

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