Diversity within the entomopathogenic fungal species Metarhizium flavoviride associated with agricultural crops in Denmark

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BACKGROUND: Knowledge of the natural occurrence and community structure of entomopathogenic fungi is important to understand their ecological role. Species of the genus Metarhizium are widespread in soils and have recently been reported to associate with plant roots, but the species M. flavoviride has so far received little attention and intra-specific diversity among isolate collections has never been assessed....

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