Entomophaga maimaiga (Zygomycete: Entomophthorales) resting spores and biological control of the gypsy moth (Lepidoptera: Lymantriidae)

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1162-1171

  Weseloh, Ronald M ^a  

^a Connecticut Agric Exp Station ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Entomophaga maimaiga; Infection model; Infection reservoir; Lymantria dispar; Rainfall; Resting spores

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; DISEASE MODEL; FUNGAL GROWTH; FUNGAL SPORE; INFECTIVITY; INSECT CONTROL; SPOROGENESIS;

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; MOTH; SPORE;

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

EID: 0033397481     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ee/28.6.1162     Document Type: Article

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