Fatal attraction: Male spider mites prefer females killed by the mite-pathogenic fungus Neozygites floridana
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Use of cell culture media for cultivation of the mite pathogenic fungi Neozygites tanajoae and Neozygites floridana.
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Invertebrate Pathology
سال: 2015
ISSN: 0022-2011
DOI: 10.1016/j.jip.2015.04.002