Effects of Bacillus thuringiensis Berliner var. Kurstaki and defoliation by the gypsy moth [Lymantria dispar (L.) (Lepidoptera: Lymantriidae)] on native arthropods in West Virginia

Canadian Entomologist

Volumn 128, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 573-592

  Sample, Bradley E ^a,c   Butler, Linda ^a   Zivkovich, Cathy ^a   Whitmore, Robert C ^a   Reardon, Richard ^b  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b USDA Forest Service   (United States)

^c OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPODA; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS SEROVAR BERLINER; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS SEROVAR KURSTAKI; LEPIDOPTERA; LYMANTRIA DISPAR; LYMANTRIIDAE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS KURSTAKI;

DEFOLIATION; GYPSY MOTH; NATIVE ARTHROPOD; NON-TARGET ARTHROPOD;

USA, WEST VIRGINIA;

EID: 0029660271     PISSN: 0008347X     EISSN: 19183240     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4039/Ent128573-4     Document Type: Article

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