In vitro and in vivo culturing impacts on the virulence characteristics of serially passed entomopathogenic fungi

Journal of Food, Agriculture and Environment

Volumn 8, Issue 3-4 PART 1, 2010, Pages 481-487

  Hussain, Abid ^a   Tian, Ming Yi ^a   He, Yu Rong ^a   Ruan, Lin ^b   Ahmed, Sohail ^c  

^a SOUTH CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Guangzhou Institute of Landscape Gardening   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Beauveria bassiana; Isaria fumosorosea; Metarhizium anisopliae; Nutrition; Ocinara varions; Pr1; Virulence

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

ARTICLE; BEAUVERIA BASSIANA; ENTOMOPATHOGENIC FUNGUS; FUNGAL SPORE GERMINATION; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS GROWTH; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INTRAUTERINE INFECTION; ISARIA FUMOSOROSEA; LARVA; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; OSMOTIC STRESS; POTATO; SPOROGENESIS;

CORDYCEPS BASSIANA; FUNGI; ISARIA; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 78751627174     PISSN: 14590255     EISSN: 14590263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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