Debilitation in conidia of the entomopathogenic fungi Beauveria bassiana and Metarhizium anisopliae and implication with respect to viability determinations and mycopesticide quality assessments

Journal of Invertebrate Pathology

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 74-83

  Faria, Marcos ^a,b   Hotchkiss, Joseph H ^b   Hajek, Ann E ^b   Wraight, Stephen P ^c  

^a EMBRAPA RECURSOS GENÉTICOS E BIOTECNOLOGIA   (Brazil)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c ROBERT W HOLLEY CENTER FOR AGRICULTURE AND HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological control; Delayed germination; Germination protocol; Imbibitional damage; Mycoinsecticides; Mycopesticides; Shelf life; Storage

Indexed keywords

CORDYCEPS BASSIANA; FUNGI; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE;

EID: 77955653386     PISSN: 00222011     EISSN: 10960805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jip.2010.05.011     Document Type: Article

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