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| Moino Jr.,Alcides; Alves,Sérgio Batista; Lopes,Rogério Biaggioni; Neves,Pedro Manuel Oliveira Janeiro; Pereira,Roberto Manoel; Vieira,Solange Aparecida. |
| The subterranean termite Heterotermes tenuis is one of the main pests of sugarcane and eucalyptus in Brazil, and the use of entomopathogenic fungi, alone or associated to chemicals, is an efficient and environmentally favorable method for its control. Studies related to the fungal development on these insects are important due to the effect of insect behavior on entomopathogens. The objective of this work was to describe the external development of Beauveria bassiana and Metarhizium anisopliae on H. tenuis using Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), determining the duration of the different phases of fungal infection. Two fixation techniques for preparing SEM samples were also evaluated. Worker specimens of H. tenuis were inoculated with a 1 x 10(9) conidia... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Insecta; Isoptera; Microbial control; Scanning electron microscopy. |
| Ano: 2002 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-90162002000200010 |
