Effects of temperature on growth of Beauveria bassiana F-263, a strain highly virulent to the Japanese pine sawyer, Monochamus alternatus, especially tolerance to high temperatures

Applied Entomology and Zoology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 469-475

  Shimazu, Mitsuaki ^a  

^a FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Beauveria bassiana; Germination rate; Mycelial growth; Temperature

Indexed keywords

BEAUVERIA; CORDYCEPS BASSIANA; FUNGI; MONOCHAMUS ALTERNATUS;

EID: 8344272921     PISSN: 00036862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1303/aez.2004.469     Document Type: Article

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