Infection of sentinel cotton aphids (Homoptera: Aphididae) by aerial conidia of Neozygites fresenii (Entomophthorales: Neozygitaceae)

Uninfected adult Aphis gossypii (Homoptera: Aphididae) apterae (sentinel aphids) on cotton leaves were exposed for 8 h to the air over a commercial cotton field in Louisiana during the night of 1-2 July 1995. At 0015 h there were 90,437 primary conidia/m3 air of the fungus Neozygites fresenii (Entom...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Biological control 1999, Vol.14 (3), p.181-185
Hauptverfasser:	Steinkraus, D.C, Howard, M.N, Hollingsworth, R.G, Boys, G.O
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	aerial dispersal aerial spores Aphis gossypii biological control agents conidia disease prevalence fungal epizootic Gossypium hirsutum mycoses Neozygites fresenii pathogenicity sentinel surveillance spore dispersal wind
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