Recovery of Bacillus thuringiensis and related spore-forming bacteria from soil after application for gypsy moth control

Phyllis A.W. Martin; Elizabeth A. Mongeon; Michael B. Blackburn; Dawn E. Gundersen-Rindal

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Recovery of Bacillus thuringiensis and related spore-forming bacteria from soil after application for gypsy moth control

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Authors:

Phyllis A.W. Martin, Elizabeth A. Mongeon, Michael B. Blackburn, Dawn E. Gundersen-Rindal

Year:

2011

Type:

Other

Station:

Northern Research Station

Source:

In: McManus, Katherine A; Gottschalk, Kurt W., eds. 2010. Proceedings. 21st U.S. Department of Agriculture interagency research forum on invasive species 2010; 2010 January 12-15; Annapolis, MD. Gen. Tech. Rep. NRS-P-75. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station: 102.

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Abstract

Bacillus thuringiensis Berliner (Bt) has been applied for gypsy moth (Lymantria dispar L.) control in forests in the northeastern U.S. for many years. The subspecies of Bt that is used (urstaki) is not common in U.S. soil. We attempted to recover Bt from soil that had been sprayed 2 years prior with Bt for gypsy moth control.

Parent Publication

Proceedings, 21st U.S. Department of Agriculture interagency research forum on invasive species 2010

Citation

Martin, Phyllis A.W.; Mongeon, Elizabeth A.; Blackburn, Michael B.; Gundersen-Rindal, Dawn E. 2011. Recovery of Bacillus thuringiensis and related spore-forming bacteria from soil after application for gypsy moth control. In: McManus, Katherine A; Gottschalk, Kurt W., eds. 2010. Proceedings. 21st U.S. Department of Agriculture interagency research forum on invasive species 2010; 2010 January 12-15; Annapolis, MD. Gen. Tech. Rep. NRS-P-75. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station: 102.