Quantifying horizontal transmission of Nosema lymantriae, a microsporidian pathogen of the gypsy moth, Lymantria dispar (Lep., Lymantriidae) in field cage studies

Journal of Invertebrate Pathology

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 146-150

  Hoch, Gernot ^a   D'Amico, Vincent ^b   Solter, Leellen F ^c   Zubrik, Milan ^d   McManus, Michael L ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^d FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Slovakia)

^e US Forest Service   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological control; Disease dynamics; Horizontal transmission; Lymantria dispar; Microsporidia; Nosema lymantriae

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; LARVA; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROSPORIDIOSIS; MOTH; NOSEMA;

ANIMALS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFECTIOUS; LARVA; MICROSPORIDIOSIS; MOTHS; NOSEMA; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL;

LYMANTRIA; LYMANTRIA DISPAR; LYMANTRIIDAE; MICROSPORIDIA; MICROSPORIDIUM; MICROSPORUM; NOSEMA;

EID: 52049116881     PISSN: 00222011     EISSN: 10960805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jip.2008.06.005     Document Type: Article

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