Spray deposits in a mature oak canopy from aerial applications of nuclear polyhedrosis virus and Bacillus thuringiensis to control gypsy moth, Lymantria dispar (L.)

Crop Protection

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 425-431

  Payne, Nicholas J ^a   Cunningham, John C ^a   Curry, R David ^a   Brown, Keith W ^a   Mickle, Robert E ^b  

^a LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

aerial spray dispersal; Bacillus thuringiensis; forestry; gypsy moth; nuclear polyhedrosis virus

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; CYPOVIRUS; LEPIDOPTERA; LYMANTRIA DISPAR; NUCLEOPOLYHEDROVIRUS; QUERCUS; UNIDENTIFIED NUCLEAR POLYHEDROSIS VIRUSES;

EID: 0030207092     PISSN: 02612194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0261-2194(95)00152-2     Document Type: Article

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