Effect of conidial dispersal of the fungal pathogen Entomophaga maimaiga (Zygomycetes: Entomophthorales) on survival of its gypsy moth (Lepidoptera: Lymantriidae) host

Biological Control

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 138-144

  Weseloh, Ronald M ^a  

^a CT Agricultural Experiment Station ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Conidial dispersal; Entomophaga maimaiga; Fungal pathogen; Infection prevalence; Lymantria dispar; Simulation model; Weather

Indexed keywords

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

EID: 0346403366     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1049-9644(03)00135-X     Document Type: Article

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