Modeling horizontal transmission of microsporidia infecting gypsy moth, Lymantria dispar (L.), larvae

Biological Control

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 263-270

  Goertz, Dörte ^a   Hoch, Gernot ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

Endoreticulatus; Lymantria dispar; Nosema; Simulation model; Vairimorpha

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENDORETICULATUS; ENDORETICULATUS SCHUBERGI; HEXAPODA; LYMANTRIA; LYMANTRIA DISPAR; MICROSPORIDIA; NOSEMA; VAIRIMORPHA;

EID: 78651225248     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocontrol.2010.11.013     Document Type: Article

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