Dietary stress increases the susceptibility of Tribolium castaneum to Beauveria bassiana

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 103, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1542-1546

  Lord, Jeffrey C ^a  

^a GRAIN MARKETING AND PRODUCTION RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Beauveria bassiana; diet; starvation; stress; Tribolium castaneum

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BEAUVERIA; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; FOOD DEPRIVATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARVA; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TRIBOLIUM;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; BEAUVERIA; FOOD DEPRIVATION; LARVA; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; TRIBOLIUM;

BULNESIA SARMIENTI; CORDYCEPS BASSIANA; FUNGI; HEXAPODA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TRIBOLIUM CASTANEUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 77957747694     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/EC09311     Document Type: Article

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