Root isolations of Metarhizium spp. from crops reflect diversity in the soil and indicate no plant specificity

Journal of Invertebrate Pathology

Volumn 132, Issue , 2015, Pages 142-148

  Steinwender, Bernhardt M ^a   Enkerli, Jürg ^b   Widmer, Franco ^b   Eilenberg, Jørgen ^a   Kristensen, Hanne L ^c   Bidochka, Michael J ^d   Meyling, Nicolai V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b Institute for Sustainability Sciences   (Switzerland)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^d BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Community structure; Conservation biological control; Microsatellite markers; Recombination; Rhizosphere colonizer

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA; MICROSATELLITE DNA;

AVENA; BRASSICA; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; HOST RANGE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METARHIZIUM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT ROOT; SECALE;

AVENA; BRASSICA; DNA, FUNGAL; HOST SPECIFICITY; METARHIZIUM; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; PLANT ROOTS; SECALE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 84943736610     PISSN: 00222011     EISSN: 10960805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jip.2015.09.007     Document Type: Article

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