A fungal pathogen in time and space: The population dynamics of Beauveria bassiana in a conifer forest

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 146-154

  Ormond, Emma L ^a   Thomas, Alison P M ^a   Pugh, Philip J A ^a   Pell, Judith K ^b   Roy, Helen E ^c  

^a ANGLIA RUSKIN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Beauveria bassiana; conifer forest; fungal entomopathogen; Hypocreales; ISSR PCR; population ecology

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

BARK; CONIFEROUS FOREST; ENTOMOPATHOGENIC ORGANISM; FUNGAL DISEASE; GENETIC VARIATION; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; MICROHABITAT; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; NICHE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION ECOLOGY; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; BARK; BEAUVERIA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONIFER; ECOSYSTEM; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASON; TREE; UNITED KINGDOM;

BEAUVERIA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONIFEROPHYTA; DNA, BACTERIAL; ECOSYSTEM; ENGLAND; PLANT BARK; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASONS; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; TREES;

CONIFEROPHYTA; CORDYCEPS BASSIANA; FUNGI; HYPOCREALES; PINUS NIGRA; PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII;

EID: 77956511527     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2010.00939.x     Document Type: Article

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