“Sleepers” and “Creepers”: A Theoretical Study of Colony Polymorphisms in the Fungus Metarhizium Related to Insect Pathogenicity and Plant Rhizosphere Colonization

Different strains of Metarhizium exhibit a range of polymorphisms in colony phenotypes. These phenotypes range from highly conidiating colonies to colonies that produce relatively more mycelia and few conidia. These different phenotypes are exhibited in infected insects in the soil. In this paper, w...

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Main Authors: Steven Angelone, Iván Horacio Piña-Torres, Israel Enrique Padilla-Guerrero, Michael J. Bidochka
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2018-08-01
Series:Insects
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2075-4450/9/3/104