Susceptibility of winter tick larvae and eggs to entomopathogenic fungi - Beauveria bassiana, Beauveria caledonica, Metarhizium anisopliae, and Scopulariopsis brevicaulis

An isolate of the soil fungus Scopulariopsis brevicaulis was identified from the surface of female winter ticks (Dermacentor albipictus) collected from recently dead moose (Alces alces) calves in New Hampshire in the northeastern United States. It was the sole isolate, and it matched with 98% nucITS...

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Main Authors: Jay A. Yoder, Peter J. Pekins, Blake W. Nelson, Christian R. Randazzo, Brett P. Siemon
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Lakehead University 2017-01-01
Series:Alces : A Journal Devoted to the Biology and Management of Moose
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Online Access:http://alcesjournal.org/index.php/alces/article/view/179/250