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Use of Metarhizium anisopliae chitinase genes for genotyping and virulence characterization.
BioMed research international - 1 Jan 2013
Niassy Saliou, Subramanian Sevgan, Ekesi Sunday, Bargul Joel L, Villinger Jandouwe, Maniania Nguya K
Abstract excerpt
Virulence is the primary factor used for selection of entomopathogenic fungi (EPF) for development as biopesticides. To understand the genetic mechanisms underlying differences in virulence of fungal isolates on various arthropod pests, we compared the chitinase genes, chi2 and chi4, of 8 isolates of Metarhizium anisopliae. The clustering of the isolates showed various groups depending on their virulence....
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