Location and persistence of cadavers of gypsy moth, Lymantria dispar, containing Entomophaga maimaiga azygospores

Mycologia

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 754-760

  Hajek, Ann E ^a   Tatman, Kathleen M ^b,c   Wanner, Peter H ^b   Wheeler, Michael M ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b Maryland Department of Agriculture   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological control; Entomopathogenic fungi; Entomophthorales; Epizootiology; Resting spores

Indexed keywords

AZYGOSPORE; DECOMPOSITION; OVERWINTERING; RAIN; SOIL;

FUNGAL DISEASE; MOTH;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTOMOPHAGA MAIMAIGA; ENTOMOPHTHORALES; FUNGI; INVERTEBRATA; LEPIDOPTERA; LYMANTRIA DISPAR; LYMANTRIIDAE;

EID: 0031792835     PISSN: 00275514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3761315     Document Type: Article

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