Visible light during mycelial growth and conidiation of Metarhizium robertsii produces conidia with increased stress tolerance

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 315, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 81-86

  Rangel, Drauzio E N ^a,b   Fernandes, Éverton K K ^a   Braga, Gilberto U L ^c   Roberts, Donald W ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO DE PESQUISA E DESENVOLVIMENTO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Entomopathogenic fungus; Mycelial growth under light; Nutritive stress; UVB tolerance; Wet heat tolerance

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; CONIDIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HEAT TOLERANCE; LETTER; LIGHT; METARHIZIUM; METARHIZIUM ROBERTSII; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; STRESS; SURVIVAL RATE; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

CULTURE MEDIA; DARKNESS; LIGHT; METARHIZIUM; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; SPORES, FUNGAL; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

FUNGI; HEXAPODA; METARHIZIUM; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 78651428169     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2010.02168.x     Document Type: Letter

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