Flight behaviour of European corn borer infected with Nosema pyrausta

Journal of Applied Entomology

Volumn 135, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 25-37

  Dorhout, D L ^a   Sappington, T W ^a   Lewis, L C ^a   Rice, M E ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dispersal; Flight mill; Microsporidia; Ostrinia nubilalis; Wing length

Indexed keywords

ADULT; DISPERSAL; FECUNDITY; FLIGHT BEHAVIOR; FUNGAL DISEASE; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; LONGEVITY; MAGNITUDE; MOTH; PATHOGENICITY; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; WING MORPHOLOGY;

EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; MICROSPORIDIA; NOSEMA; NOSEMA PYRAUSTA; OSTRINIA NUBILALIS;

EID: 78651108173     PISSN: 09312048     EISSN: 14390418     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0418.2010.01523.x     Document Type: Article

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