Dynamics of airborne conidia of the gypsy moth (Lepidoptera: Lymantriidae) fungal pathogen Entomophaga maimaiga (Zygomycetes: Entomophthorales)

Biological Control

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 111-117

  Hajek, Ann E ^a   Olsen, Cara H ^a   Elkinton, Joseph S ^b  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Airborne conidia; Biological control; Entomopathogenic fungi; Epizootiology; Lymantria dispar; Lymantriidae

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL;

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

EID: 0032854643     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bcon.1999.0740     Document Type: Article

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