Entomopathogenic hyphomycetes associated with gypsy moth larvae

Mycologia

Volumn 89, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 825-829

  Hajek, Ann E ^a   Elkinton, Joseph S ^b   Humber, Richard A ^c  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological control; Entomophaga maimaiga; Fungal entomopathogen; Lymantria dispar; Paecilomyces farinosus

Indexed keywords

ENTOMOPATHOGENIC FUNGI; FUNGAL INFECTION; GYPSY MOTH; MOTH LARVA;

(EAST); NORTH AMERICA;

BEAUVERIA BASSIANA; ENTOMOPHAGA MAIMAIGA; FUSARIUM POLYPHIALIDICUM; LEPIDOPTERA; LYMANTRIA DISPAR; LYMANTRIIDAE; PAECILOMYCES FARINOSUS; VERTICILLIUM LECANII;

EID: 0031435583     PISSN: 00275514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3761102     Document Type: Article

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