Interactions between two gypsy moth (Lepidoptera: Lymantriidae) pathogens: Nucleopolyhedrovirus and Entomophaga maimaiga (Zygomycetes: Entomophthorales): Field studies and a simulation model

Biological Control

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 189-198

  Malakar, Raksha ^a   Elkinton, Joseph S ^a   Carroll, Steven D ^b   D'Amico, Vince ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Baculovirus; Entomophaga maimaiga; Epizootic; Host pathogen model; Lymantria dispar; Population dynamics

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; FUNGUS VIRUS INTERACTION; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; NUCLEOPOLYHEDROVIRUS; PATHOGENESIS; SIMULATION MODEL;

CYPOVIRUS; ENTOMOPHAGA MAIMAIGA; ENTOMOPHTHORALES; FUNGI; LEPIDOPTERA; LYMANTRIA DISPAR; LYMANTRIA DISPAR NUCLEOPOLYHEDROVIRUS; LYMANTRIIDAE; NUCLEOPOLYHEDROVIRUS; UNIDENTIFIED BACULOVIRUS; ZYGOMYCETES;

EID: 0032834175     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bcon.1999.0751     Document Type: Article

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