Comparative tolerances of Various Beauveria bassiana isolates to UV-B irradiation with a Description of a modeling method to assess lethal dose

Mycopathologia

Volumn 168, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 145-152

  Huang, Bao Fu ^a   Feng, Ming Guang ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Beauveria bassiana; Conidial tolerance; Lethal dose; Survival dose modeling; UV B irradiation

Indexed keywords

BEAUVERIA; CORDYCEPS BASSIANA; HEXAPODA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEAUVERIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; INSECT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MICROBIOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; STATISTICAL MODEL; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ANIMALS; BEAUVERIA; INSECTS; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MODELS, STATISTICAL; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 70149108159     PISSN: 0301486X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11046-009-9207-7     Document Type: Article

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