Host Specificity of Microsporidia (Protista: Microspora) from European Populations of Lymantria dispar (Lepidoptera: Lymantriidae) to Indigenous North American Lepidoptera

Journal of Invertebrate Pathology

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 135-150

  Solter, Leellen F ^a   Maddox, Joseph V ^a   McManus, Michael L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Classical biological control; Ecological host specificity; Endoreticulatus; Entomopathogen; Host range; Nosema lymantriae; Physiological host specificity; Vairimorpha

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001081980     PISSN: 00222011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jipa.1996.4650     Document Type: Article

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