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Metarrhizium anisopliae (Metchinkoff) Sorokin., and its host range

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Metarrhizium anisopliae (Metchinkoff)Sorokin., can be readily cultured in quantity on a medium containing honey, peptone, and barley.Poecilocerus pictus andHeliothis obsoleta are two additional hosts of the fungus reported for the first time.

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  1. N. V. Rama Raje Urs

    Present address: Department of Botany, Iowa State University, 50010, Ames, Iowa

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  1. Division of Plant Pathology, Agricultural Research Institute, Hebbal, Bangalore 24, India

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Rama Raje Urs, N.V., Govindu, H.C. Metarrhizium anisopliae (Metchinkoff) Sorokin., and its host range. Mycopathologia et Mycologia Applicata 44, 317–320 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02052705

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