The Xenon Test Chamber Q-SUN

Authors :: Luciana P, Dias
Claudinéia A S, Araújo
Breno, Pupin
Paulo C, Ferreira
Gilberto Ú L, Braga
Drauzio E N, Rangel
Source :: Fungal biology. 122(6)
Publication Year :: 2017
Abstract: The low survival of insect-pathogenic fungi when used for insect control in agriculture is mainly due to the deleterious effects of ultraviolet radiation and heat from solar irradiation. In this study, conidia of 15 species of entomopathogenic fungi were exposed to simulated full-spectrum solar radiation emitted by a Xenon Test Chamber Q-SUN XE-3-HC 340S (Q-LAB