Survey of pathogens and parasitoids in late instar lymantria dispar larval populations in sardinia, Italy

Bulletin of Insectology

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 51-58

  Contarini, Mario ^a   Luciano, Pietro ^a   Pilarska, Daniela ^b,c   Pilarski, Plamen ^d   Solter, Leellen ^e   Huang, Wei Fone ^e   Georgiev, Georgi ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIODIVERSITY AND ECOSYSTEM RESEARCH   (Bulgaria)

^c CZECH UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

^d INSTITUTE OF PHYSIOLOGY   (Bulgaria)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^f FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Entomophaga maimaiga; Gypsy moth; Nosema; Pathogens

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877644965     PISSN: 17218861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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