Field bioassay of Metarhizium anisopliae strains to control the poultry red mite Dermanyssus gallinae

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 178, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 374-378

  Tavassoli, M ^a   Allymehr, M ^a   Pourseyed, S H ^a   Ownag, A ^a   Bernousi, I ^b   Mardani, K ^a   Ghorbanzadegan, M ^a   Shokrpoor, S ^a  

^a URMIA UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b URMIA UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Biological control; Dermanyssus gallinae; Metarhizium anisopliae; Poultry red mite

Indexed keywords

SUNFLOWER OIL; WATER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMANYSSUS GALLINAE INFESTATION; EGG LAYING; ENTOMOPATHOGENIC FUNGUS; FEMALE; FIELD BIOASSAY; FUNGAL STRAIN; HEN; IRAN; LARVA; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE; MICROBIAL PEST CONTROL; NONHUMAN; NYMPH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POULTRY;

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; FEMALE; IRAN; METARHIZIUM; MITE INFESTATIONS; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; POULTRY DISEASES; TROMBICULIDAE;

ACARI; DERMANYSSUS GALLINAE; FUNGI; HELIANTHUS; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE;

EID: 79956264125     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: 18732550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2011.01.031     Document Type: Article

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