EFFECT of microclimatic conditions on primary transmission of the gypsy moth fungal pathogen entomophaga maimaiga (Zygomycetes: Entomophthorales) in michigan

Great Lakes Entomologist

Volumn 41, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 111-128

  Sieger, Nathan W ^a   McCullough, Deborah G ^a   Hajek, Ann E ^b   Andresen, Jeffrey A ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ENTOMOPHAGA MAIMAIGA; ENTOMOPHTHORALES; FUNGI; LEPIDOPTERA; LYMANTRIA; LYMANTRIA DISPAR; LYMANTRIIDAE; ZYGOMYCETES;

EID: 76649101743     PISSN: 00900222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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