Host range of the gypsy moth (Lepidoptera: Lymantriidae) pathogen Entomophaga maimaiga (Zygomycetes: Entomophthorales) in the field versus laboratory

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 709-721

  Hajek, Ann E ^a   Butler, Linda ^a,b   Walsh, Scott R A ^a,c   Silver, Julie C ^a,c   Hain, Fred P ^a,d   Hastings, Felton L ^a,d   Odell, Thomas M ^a,e   Smitley, David R ^a,f  

^a Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^f MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

biological control; DNA probes; Entomophaga maimaiga; fungal pathogen; gypsy moth; host specifity

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CATOCALA ILIA; CYPOVIRUS; ENTOMOPHAGA AULICAE; ENTOMOPHAGA MAIMAIGA; ENTOMOPHTHORALES; GEOMETRIDAE; GYPS; ILIA; LEPIDOPTERA; LYMANTRIA DISPAR; LYMANTRIIDAE; MALACOSOMA DISSTRIA; NOTODONTIDAE; PHACELIA CONGESTA; UNIDENTIFIED NUCLEAR POLYHEDROSIS VIRUSES; ZYGOMYCETES;

EID: 0030512030     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ee/25.4.709     Document Type: Review

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