Impact of a Novel Species of Nosema on the Southwestern Corn Borer (Lepidoptera: Crambidae)

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 12-20

  Inglis, G D ^a,b   Lawrence, A M ^a   Davis, F M ^c  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic; Diatraea grandiosella; Microsporidia; Sublethal; Vertical transmission

Indexed keywords

CRAMBINAE; DIATRAEA GRANDIOSELLA; INVERTEBRATA; LEPIDOPTERA; MICROSPORIDIA; NOSEMA; NOSEMA SP.; ZEA MAYS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; EGG LAYING; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INSECT; LARVA; LEPIDOPTERA; MAIZE; MOTH; NOSEMA; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; LARVA; LEPIDOPTERA; MOTHS; NOSEMA; OVIPOSITION; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; PUPA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0038352110     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jee/96.1.12     Document Type: Article

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