First field trials with fungi against Anoplophora glabripennis

Thomas Dubois; Ann Hajek; Hu Jiafu; Zengzhi Li

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First field trials with fungi against Anoplophora glabripennis

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Authors:

Thomas Dubois, Ann Hajek, Hu Jiafu, Zengzhi Li

Year:

2003

Type:

General Technical Report

Station:

Northern Research Station

Source:

In: Fosbroke, Sandra L.C.; Gottschalk, Kurt W., eds. Proceedings, U.S. Department of Agriculture interagency research forum on gypsy moth and other invasive species 2002; 2002 January 15-18; Annapolis, MD. Gen. Tech. Rep. NE-300. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Research Station: 17.

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Abstract

We have been evaluating the use of entomopathogenic fungi against A. glabripennis; so far, 20 strains have been isolated belonging to three species, 14 strains have been tested in the laboratory, five strains have been evaluated in caged field trials and two strains have been tested in the open field.

Parent Publication

Economies of Scale and Forest Management in Mississippi

Citation

Dubois, Thomas; Hajek, Ann; Jiafu, Hu; Li, Zengzhi. 2003. First field trials with fungi against Anoplophora glabripennis. In: Fosbroke, Sandra L.C.; Gottschalk, Kurt W., eds. Proceedings, U.S. Department of Agriculture interagency research forum on gypsy moth and other invasive species 2002; 2002 January 15-18; Annapolis, MD. Gen. Tech. Rep. NE-300. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Research Station: 17.