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Research Article

Culture conditions affect virulence and production of insect toxic proteins in the entomopathogenic fungus Metarhizium anisopliae

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Pages 1199-1212 | Received 03 May 2013, Accepted 27 Jun 2013, Published online: 19 Sep 2013

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