Fungal entomopathogens: new insights on their ecology

Fungal Ecology

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 149-159

  Vega, Fernando E ^a   Goettel, Mark S ^b   Blackwell, Meredith ^c   Chandler, David ^d   Jackson, Mark A ^e   Keller, Siegfried ^f   Koike, Masanori ^g   Maniania, Nguya K ^h   Monzón, Arnulfo ⁱ   Ownley, Bonnie H ^j   Pell, Judith K ^k   Rangel, Drauzio E N ^l   Roy, Helen E ^m  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b LETHBRIDGE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^e NATIONAL CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL UTILIZATION RESEARCH   (United States)

^f Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine ^*  (Switzerland)

^g OBIHIRO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Japan)

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

ⁱ Universidad Nacional Agraria   (Nicaragua)

^j UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^k ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^l INSTITUTO DE PESQUISA E DESENVOLVIMENTO   (Brazil)

^m CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

Beauveria; Biological control; Ecology; Endophytes; Lecanicillium; Metarhizium

Indexed keywords

BEAUVERIA; FUNGI; HEXAPODA; LECANICILLIUM; METARHIZIUM;

EID: 68949175490     PISSN: 17545048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.funeco.2009.05.001     Document Type: Review

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