First report of Pandora neoaphidis resting spore formation in vivo in aphid hosts

Fungal Biology

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 196-203

  Scorsetti, Ana Clara ^a   Jensen, Annette Bruun ^b   López Lastra, Claudia ^c   Humber, Richard A ^d  

^a Instituto de Botanica Carlos Spegazzini   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c CENTRO DE ESTUDIOS PARASITOLÓGICOS Y DE VECTORES CEPAVE   (Argentina)

^d ROBERT W HOLLEY CENTER FOR AGRICULTURE AND HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Entomopathogenic fungi; Entomophthorales; Pandora neoaphidis; Resting spores; Winter survival

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA; FUNGAL RNA; RIBOSOMAL SPACER DNA; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 18S;

APHID; BOOTSTRAPPING; ENTOMOPATHOGENIC ORGANISM; FUNGUS; HORTICULTURE; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; NEW RECORD; PATHOGEN; SPORE; SPORULATION; SURVIVAL;

ANIMAL; APHID; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CYTOLOGY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENTOMOPHTHORALES; FUNGUS SPORE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; RNA GENE;

ANIMALS; APHIDS; ARGENTINA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; ENTOMOPHTHORALES; GENES, RRNA; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, FUNGAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPORES, FUNGAL;

ARGENTINA; BUENOS AIRES [ARGENTINA];

APHIDIDAE; ENTOMOPHTHORALES; FUNGI; HEXAPODA; PANDORA NEOAPHIDIS;

EID: 84856355706     PISSN: 18786146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.funbio.2011.11.002     Document Type: Article

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