Assessing the climatic potential for epizootics of the gypsy moth fungal pathogen Entomophaga maimaiga in the North Central United States

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1958-1970

  Siegert, Nathan W ^a   McCullough, Deborah G ^a   Venette, Robert C ^b   Hajek, Ann E ^c   Andresen, Jeffrey A ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL PATHOGEN; GYPSY MOTHS; ILLINOIS; INDIANA; KENTUCKY; LYMANTRIA DISPAR; MICHIGAN; MINNESOTA; MISSOURIS; NORTH AMERICAN; SPRING TEMPERATURES; WEATHER CONDITIONS; WISCONSIN;

BIOCONTROL; METEOROLOGY;

FORESTRY;

BIOCONTROL AGENT; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FUNGUS; GERMINATION; INTRODUCED SPECIES; PATHOGEN; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ENTOMOPHAGA MAIMAIGA; FUNGI; LYMANTRIA; LYMANTRIA DISPAR;

EID: 70350145187     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X09-117     Document Type: Article

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