First record of the insect pathogenic alga Helicosporidium sp. (Chlorophyta: Trebouxiophyceae) infection in larvae and pupae of Rhizophagus grandis Gyll. (Coleoptera, Rhizophaginae) from Turkey

Journal of Invertebrate Pathology

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 182-184

  Yaman, Mustafa ^a   Radek, Renate ^b   Aydin, Çiçek ^a   Tosun, Onur ^a   Ertürk, Ömer ^c  

^a KARADENIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c ORDU UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Biological control; Helicosporidium; Larvae; Pathogen; Pupae; Rhizophagus grandis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEETLE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; GREEN ALGA; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; INSECT; INSECT CONTROL; LARVA; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; CHLOROPHYTA; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; INSECT CONTROL; LARVA; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; PUPA;

ALGAE; CHLOROPHYTA; COLEOPTERA; DENDROCTONUS MICANS; HELICOSPORIDIUM; HEXAPODA; PICEA; RHIZOPHAGUS GRANDIS; SCOLYTINAE; TREBOUXIOPHYCEAE;

EID: 70349178449     PISSN: 00222011     EISSN: 10960805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jip.2009.07.006     Document Type: Article

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