Below- and aboveground abundance and distribution of fungal entomopathogens in experimental conventional and organic cropping systems

Biological Control

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 180-186

  Meyling, Nicolai V ^a   Thorup Kristensen, Kristian ^b   Eilenberg, Jørgen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Agricultural management; Entomopathogenic fungi; Fungal community ecology; Galleria bait method; Spatio temporal dynamics

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPODA; ASCOMYCOTA; CORDYCEPS BASSIANA; FUNGI; GALLERIA; GIBELLULA; HYPOCREALES; ISARIA; METARHIZIUM; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE; METARHIZIUM FLAVOVIRIDE;

EID: 81055140450     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocontrol.2011.07.017     Document Type: Article

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