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Fig. 6 | Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control

Fig. 6

From: Pathogenicity, ultra-structural growth and development of green muscardine fungus, Metarhizium anisopliae (Metschnikoff) Sorokin (Ascomycota: Hypocreales) on maize fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda (J. E. Smith) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)

Fig. 6

SEM images of second instar of Spodoptera frugiperda infected with Metarhizium anisopliae (96 hpi). a. Extensive hyphal development in head region (arrowheads). b. Close up of hyphal penetration site in head region (circle). c. Stemmata region with penetrating hypha (circle), appressorium (arrowhead). d. Penetration of hypha through seta socket in thoracic leg (circle)

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