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Diversity of Beauveria spp. isolates from pollen beetles Meligethes aeneus in Switzerland.
Journal of invertebrate pathology - 1 Jan 2012
Meyling Nicolai V, Pilz Christina, Keller Siegfried, Widmer Franco, Enkerli Jürg
Abstract excerpt
Pollen beetles Meligethes aeneus were collected in oilseed rape fields at different sites in Switzerland in spring 2004-2005 and 32 isolates of the fungal genus Beauveria occurring as latent infections in the beetles were obtained and molecularly characterized. Three major clades, Beauveria bassiana sensu stricto (Clade A: n=13), Beauveriabrongniartii (Clade B: n=1) and Beauveria Clade C (n=18) were identified...
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