The impact of mixed infection of three species of microsporidia isolated from the gypsy moth, Lymantria dispar L. (Lepidoptera: Lymantriidae)

Journal of Invertebrate Pathology

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 103-113

  Solter, Leellen F ^a   Siegel, Joel P ^b   Pilarska, Daniela K ^c   Higgs, M Catherine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF BIODIVERSITY AND ECOSYSTEM RESEARCH   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Competition; Endoreticulatus sp.; Mixed species infection; Nosema sp.; Vairimorpha sp.

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARVA; MALE; MICROSPORIDA; MICROSPORIDIOSIS; MORTALITY; MOTH; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; FEMALE; LARVA; MALE; MICROSPORIDIA; MICROSPORIDIOSIS; MOTHS; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL;

ENDORETICULATUS; ENDORETICULATUS SP.; LEPIDOPTERA; LYMANTRIA; LYMANTRIA DISPAR; LYMANTRIIDAE; MICROSPORIDIA; NOSEMA; NOSEMA SP.; VAIRIMORPHA; VAIRIMORPHA SP.;

EID: 0036435262     PISSN: 00222011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-2011(02)00155-6     Document Type: Article

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