Endophytic fungal entomopathogens with activity against plant pathogens: ecology and evolution

BioControl - 2010
Bonnie H. Ownley1, Kimberly D. Gwinn1, Fernando E. Vega2
1Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, The University of Tennessee, 2431 Joe Johnson Drive, 205 Ellington Plant Sciences Bldg, Knoxville, TN, 37996-4560, USA
2Sustainable Perennial Crops Laboratory, United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Building 001, BARC-West, Beltsville, MD, 20705, USA

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