Distribution and occurrence of the insect pathogenic alga Helicosporidium sp. (Chlorophyta: Trebouxiophyceae) in the predator beetle Rhizophagus grandis Gyll. (Coleoptera: Rhizophagidae)-rearing laboratories

Folia Microbiologica

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 44-48

  Yaman, M ^a   Tosun, O ^a   Aydin, C ^a   Erturk O ^b  

^a KARADENIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ORDU UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEETLE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; CLASSIFICATION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GREEN ALGA; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; CHLOROPHYTA; FEMALE; MALE; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL;

ALGAE; CHLOROPHYTA; COLEOPTERA; HELICOSPORIDIUM; HEXAPODA; RHIZOPHAGIDAE; RHIZOPHAGUS GRANDIS; TREBOUXIOPHYCEAE;

EID: 79955875597     PISSN: 00155632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12223-011-0012-6     Document Type: Article

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