Strain improvement of fungal insecticides for controlling insect pests and vector-borne diseases

Current Opinion in Microbiology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 232-238

  Fang, Weiguo ^a   Azimzadeh, Philippe ^a   St Leger, Raymond J ^a  

^a Bldg 142   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHITINASE; CIRCUMSPOROZOITE PROTEIN; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; INSECTICIDE; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TREHALOSE;

ABIOTIC STRESS; AFRICAN TRYPANOSOMIASIS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BEAUVERIA BASSIANA; BLUETONGUE; CHAGAS DISEASE; DENGUE; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE CONTROL; DNA DAMAGE; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; GAMETOCYTE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HEARTWATER DISEASE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; INSECT CONTROL; LEISHMANIASIS; LYME DISEASE; MALARIA; MANDUCA SEXTA; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PEST INSECT; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; REVIEW; SCORPION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPIDER; SPOROZOITE; STRAIN IMPROVEMENT; SURVIVAL TIME; TEMPERATURE STRESS; TRANSGENIC ORGANISM; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AGENTS; FUNGI; GENETIC ENGINEERING; INSECT VECTORS; INSECTICIDES; INSECTS; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL;

ARANEAE; FUNGI; HEXAPODA; SCORPIONES;

EID: 84864032735     PISSN: 13695274     EISSN: 18790364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mib.2011.12.012     Document Type: Review

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