Density-dependent resistance of the gypsy moth, Lymantria dispar, to its nucleopolyhedrovirus

James R. Reilly; Ann E. Hajek

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Density-dependent resistance of the gypsy moth, Lymantria dispar, to its nucleopolyhedrovirus

Informally Refereed

Authors:

James R. Reilly, Ann E. Hajek

Year:

2007

Type:

General Technical Report - Proceedings

Station:

Northern Research Station

Source:

In: Gottschalk, Kurt W., ed. Proceedings, 17th U.S. Department of Agriculture interagency research forum on gypsy moth and other invasive species 2006; Gen. Tech. Rep. NRS-P-10. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station: 82.

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Abstract

The processes controlling disease resistance can strongly influence the population dynamics of insect outbreaks. Evidence that disease resistance is density-dependent is accumulating, but the exact form of this relationship is highly variable from species to species.

Parent Publication

Proceedings, 17th U.S. Department of Agriculture interagency research forum on gypsy moth and other invasive species 2006

Citation

Reilly, James R.; Hajek, Ann E. 2007. Density-dependent resistance of the gypsy moth, Lymantria dispar, to its nucleopolyhedrovirus. In: Gottschalk, Kurt W., ed. Proceedings, 17th U.S. Department of Agriculture interagency research forum on gypsy moth and other invasive species 2006; Gen. Tech. Rep. NRS-P-10. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station: 82.