Behavioral changes in the termite, Coptotermes formosanus (Isoptera), inoculated with six fungal isolates

Journal of Invertebrate Pathology

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 100-106

  Yanagawa, Aya ^a   Fujiwara Tsujii, Nao ^b   Akino, Toshiharu ^c   Yoshimura, Tsuyoshi ^a   Yanagawa, Takashi ^d   Shimizu, Susumu ^e  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^c KYOTO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^d KURUME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Beauveria brongniartii; Coptotermes formosanus Shiraki; Isaria fumosorosea; Metarhizium anisopliae; Mutual grooming behavior

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BEAUVERIA; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; CANNIBALISM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FUNGUS SPORE; GROOMING; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; ISOPTERA; LONGEVITY; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOSIS; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; BEAUVERIA; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CANNIBALISM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GROOMING; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; INSECTICIDES; ISOPTERA; LONGEVITY; MYCOSES; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; SPORES, FUNGAL; VIRULENCE;

BEAUVERIA; COPTOTERMES FORMOSANUS; CORDYCEPS BRONGNIARTII; FUNGI; ISARIA; ISOPTERA; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE; RHINOTERMITIDAE;

EID: 79955899760     PISSN: 00222011     EISSN: 10960805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jip.2011.03.003     Document Type: Article

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