Thermotolerance of germlings and mycelium of the insect-pathogenic fungus Metarhizium spp. and mycelial recovery after heat stress

Journal of Basic Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 344-350

  Rangel, Drauzio E N ^a,b   Fernandes, Éverton K K ^a   Dettenmaier, Seth J ^a   Roberts, Donald W ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO DE PESQUISA E DESENVOLVIMENTO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Entomopathogenic fungi; Germination; Heat tolerance; Metarhizium spp.; Radial growth rate

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FUNGUS SPORE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEAT; METARHIZIUM; MYCELIUM;

HOT TEMPERATURE; METARHIZIUM; MYCELIUM; SPORES, FUNGAL;

EMERICELLA NIDULANS; FUNGI; HEXAPODA; METARHIZIUM; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE;

EID: 77955245856     PISSN: 0233111X     EISSN: 15214028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jobm.200900430     Document Type: Article

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