Epizootic occurrence of Entomophaga maimaiga at the leading edge of an expanding population of the gypsy moth (Lepidoptera: Lymantriidae) in north-central Ontario

Canadian Entomologist

Volumn 136, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 875-878

  Villedieu, Yannick ^a   Van Frankenhuyzen, Kees ^b  

^a Ecole Superieure d'Agriculture   (France)

^b GREAT LAKES FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPIDEMIOLOGY; FUNGAL DISEASE; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; MOTH; POPULATION GROWTH;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ENTOMOPHAGA MAIMAIGA; LEPIDOPTERA; LYMANTRIA DISPAR; LYMANTRIIDAE;

EID: 12744253587     PISSN: 0008347X     EISSN: 19183240     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4039/n04-002     Document Type: Article

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