Relationship between virulence and repellency of entomopathogenic isolates of Metarhizium anisopliae and Beauveria bassiana to the termite Macrotermes michaelseni

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 55, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 774-780

  Mburu, D M ^a,b   Ochola, L ^a   Maniania, N K ^a   Njagi, P G N ^a   Gitonga, L M ^b   Ndung'u, M W ^b   Wanjoya, A K ^b,c   Hassanali, A ^a,d  

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

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^d KENYATTA UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Beauveria bassiana; Macrotermes michaelseni; Metarhizium anisopliae; Olfactory; Repellency; Virulence

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION; ENTOMOPATHOGENIC ORGANISM; FUNGAL DISEASE; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; INFECTIVITY; OLFACTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SUBTERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; TERMITE; VIRULENCE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEAUVERIA; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; ISOPTERA; METARHIZIUM; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; BEAUVERIA; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; ISOPTERA; METARHIZIUM; VIRULENCE;

BEAUVERIA; CORDYCEPS BASSIANA; FUNGI; HEXAPODA; ISOPTERA; MACROTERMES MICHAELSENI; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE;

EID: 67650484961     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2009.04.015     Document Type: Article

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