Host specificity of microsporidia pathogenic to the gypsy moth, Lymantria dispar (L.): Field studies in Slovakia

Journal of Invertebrate Pathology

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-10

  Solter, Leellen F ^a   Pilarska, Daniela K ^b   McManus, Michael L ^c   Zúbrik, Milan ^d   Patočka, Jan ^d   Huang, Wei Fone ^a   Novotný, Julius ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIODIVERSITY AND ECOSYSTEM RESEARCH   (Bulgaria)

^c USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^d FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Biological control; Cystosporogenes sp.; Gypsy moth; Host range; Inundative release; Lymantria dispar; Microsporidia; Non target species; Nosema lymantriae; Vairimorpha disparis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYSTOSPOROGENES; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; LYMANTRIA; LYMANTRIA DISPAR; MICROSPORIDIA; MICROSPORIDIUM; NOSEMA; VAIRIMORPHA;

EID: 77955661124     PISSN: 00222011     EISSN: 10960805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jip.2010.04.009     Document Type: Article

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