A brief review of the past use of baculoviruses for the management of eruptive forest defoliators and recent developments on a sawfly virus in Canada

Forestry Chronicle

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 105-112

  Moreau, Gaétan ^a,b   Lucarotti, Christopher J ^a  

^a LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONCTON   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acantholyda erythrocephala; Baculoviridae; Baculovirus; Balsam fir sawfly; Biological control; Forest protection; Insect outbreak; Neodiprion abietis; Pine false webworm

Indexed keywords

BIOCONTROL; CANADA; DISEASES; VIRUSES;

ACANTHOLYDA ERYTHROCEPHALA; BACULOVIRIDAE; BACULOVIRUS; BALSAM FIR SAWFLY; FOREST PROTECTION; NEODIPRION ABIETIS; PINE FALSE WEBWORM;

FORESTRY;

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; CATERPILLAR; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HOST RANGE; INSECT; PEST OUTBREAK; PEST SPECIES; VIRULENCE; VIRUS;

ABIES AMABILIS; DEFOLIATION; FORESTS; PINUS; VIRUSES;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

ACANTHOLYDA ERYTHROCEPHALA; BACULOVIRIDAE; HEXAPODA; NEODIPRION ABIETIS;

EID: 35549001013     PISSN: 00157546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5558/tfc83105-1     Document Type: Short Survey

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