Frozen section and electron microscopy studies of the infection of the red palm weevil, Rhynchophorus ferrugineus (coleoptera:curculionidae) by the entomopathogenic fungus Metarhizium anisopliae

Frozen section and electron microscopy studies of the infection of the red palm weevil, Rhynchophorus ferrugineus (coleoptera:curculionidae) by the entomopathogenic fungus Metarhizium anisopliae

This study determined the pathogenicity of Metarhizium anisopliae strain SD-3 against invasive red palm weevil (RPW), Rhynchophorus ferrugineus Olivier (coleoptera:curculionidae) larvae in Hainan Province, China. Inoculation of 1 × 108 conidia/mL caused 100 % mortality of R. ferrugineus, indicating...

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Main Authors: Sun, Xiaodong, Yan, Wei, Zhang, Jing, Niu, Xiaoqing, Li, Fuheng, Qin, Weiquan, Ma, Guangchang
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Springer International Publishing 2016
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5055524/

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