Physiological Host Specificity of Microsporidia as an Indicator of Ecological Host Specificity

Journal of Invertebrate Pathology

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 207-216

  Solter, Leellen F ^a   Maddox, Joseph V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

Author keywords

classical biological control; ecological host specificity; Endoreticulatus spp.; entomopathogen; host range; Lymantria dispar; microsporidia; Nosema spp.; physiological host specificity; transmission of microsporidia; Vairimorpha spp.

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEETLE; BIOASSAY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; LEPIDOPTERA; MICROSPORIDA; PARASITOLOGY; PLANT LEAF;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; LEPIDOPTERA; MICROSPORIDA; PLANT LEAVES;

EID: 0032061609     PISSN: 00222011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jipa.1997.4740     Document Type: Article

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