Behavioral and electrophysiological responses of Coptotermes formosanus Shiraki towards entomopathogenic fungal volatiles

Biological Control

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 166-173

  Hussain, Abid ^a   Tian, Ming Yi ^a   He, Yu Rong ^a   Bland, John M ^b   Gu, Wen Xiang ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SOUTHERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Fungal volatiles; HS SPME; Repellency; Virulence; Workers

Indexed keywords

COPTOTERMES FORMOSANUS; CORDYCEPS BASSIANA; FUNGI; ISARIA; ISOPTERA; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE; PAECILOMYCES FUMOSOROSEUS; RHINOTERMITIDAE;

EID: 77958137405     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocontrol.2010.08.009     Document Type: Article

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