Determination of genetic variability among the isolates of Metarhizium anisopliae var. anisopliae from different geographical origins

World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 359-370

  Freed, Shoaib ^a   Jin, Feng Liang ^a   Ren, Shun Xiang ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Biocontrol; Genetic diversity; ITS rDNA; Metarhizium anisopliae; Phylogenetic analysis; Simple sequence repeats

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; BIOCONTROL; DNA SEQUENCES; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; FUNGI; VALUE ENGINEERING;

GENETIC DIVERSITY; ITS-RDNA; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE; PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS; SIMPLE SEQUENCE REPEATS;

SOILS;

FUNGI; HEXAPODA; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE VAR. ANISOPLIAE;

EID: 78651344114     PISSN: 09593993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11274-010-0466-8     Document Type: Article

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