First results on distribution and occurrence of the insect pathogenic alga Helicosporidium sp. (Chlorophyta: Trebouxiophyceae) in the populations of the great spruce bark beetle, Dendroctonus micans (Kugelann) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae, Scolytinae)

North-Western Journal of Zoology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 99-107

  Yaman, Mustafa ^a  

^a KARADENIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Biological control; Dendroctonus micans; Distribution; Helicosporidium; Pathogen

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; CHLOROPHYTA; COLEOPTERA; CURCULIONIDAE; DENDROCTONUS MICANS; HELICOSPORIDIUM; HEXAPODA; PICEA; SCOLYTINAE; TREBOUXIOPHYCEAE;

EID: 57649211849     PISSN: 15849074     EISSN: 18435629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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