Attenuation of the entomopathogenic fungus Beauveria bassiana following serial in vitro transfers

Biologia (Poland)

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1062-1068

  Safavi, Seyed Ali ^a  

^a URMIA UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Beauveria bassiana; colony growth; conidiation; pathogenicity; protease 1 activity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867757391     PISSN: 00063088     EISSN: 13369563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s11756-012-0120-z     Document Type: Article

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