Horizontal transmission of the entomopathogen fungus metarhizium anisopliae in microcerotermes diversus groups

Insects

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 709-718

  Cheraghi, Amir ^a   Habibpour, Behzad ^a   Mossadegh, Mohammad Saied ^a   Sharififard, Mona ^b  

^a SHAHID CHAMRAN UNIVERSITY OF AHVAZ   (Iran)

^b AHVAZ JUNDISHAPUR UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Biological control; Recipient; Termites; Vector

Indexed keywords

FUNGI; ISOPTERA; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE; MICROCEROTERMES DIVERSUS; TERMITIDAE;

EID: 84873525258     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20754450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/insects3030709     Document Type: Article

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