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Proceedings, Symposium: Microbial control of spruce budworms and gypsy moths
| Authors: | David G. Grimble, Franklin B. Lewis |
| Year: | 1985 |
| Type: | General Technical Report |
| Station: | Northern Research Station |
| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.2737/NE-GTR-100 |
| Source: | Gen. Tech. Rep. NE-100. Broomall, PA: U. S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experimental Station Broomall, PA. 175 p. |
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Abstract
Presents state-of-the art information on the development and use of microbial insecticides.Titles contained within Proceedings, Symposium: Microbial control of spruce budworms and gypsy moths
- Opening remarks
- Symposium on microbial control of spruce budworm and gypsy moth
- Canadian user perspectives on Bt use for protection against spruce budworm
- Operational experiences with Bt in the Eastern United States
- Four engine aircraft experience in the application of Bacillus thuringiensis against the spruce budworm in Quebec
- Review of foliage protection spray operations against the spruce budworm with Bacillus thuringiensis kurstakii from 1980 to 1983 in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, Canada
- Comparison of Bt formulations against the spruce budworm
- Pennsylvania's experiences with microbial control of the gypsy moth
- Microbial control of the gypsy moth in recently infested states: experiences and expectations
- Some negative aspects of using Bacillus thuringiensis Berliner in operational programs against the gypsy moth (Lepidoptera: Lymantriidae)
- Overall aspects of Bt in forest service cooperative gypsy moth suppression projects
- Recent field experiences with Bacillus thuringiensis in Canada and research needs
- Recent field research experience with B.t. against spruce budworm in the eastern U.S.
- Field tests with a highly concentrated Bacillus thuringiensis formula against spruce budworm, Choristoneura fumiferana (Clem.) (Lepidoptera: tortricidae)
- Status of viruses as biocontrol agents for spruce budworms
- Erynia radicans as a mycoinsecticide for spruce budworm control
- The effect of Erynia radicans on food consumption, utilization and fecundity by the spruce budworm, Choristoneura fumiferana.
- Recent field studies on the use of Bacillus thuringiensis to control the gypsy moth (Lymantria dispar L.)
- Interactions between microbial agents and gypsy moth parasites
- Gypchek®: past and future strategies for use
- Recent field research using microbial insecticides against gypsy moth
- Selection of new more potent strains of Bacillus thuringiensis for use against gypsy moth and spruce budworm
- Chitinase producing Bt strains
- The biochemistry of the protein crystal toxin of Bacillus thuringiensis
- Selection of active strains of the gypsy moth nuclearpolyhedrosis virus
- Pathways of nucleopolyhedrosis virus infection in the gypsy moth, Lymantria dispar
- Enzyme immunoassays for detection of gypsy moth nuclear polyhedrosis virus
- Genetic engineering of microbial pesticides
- Developments in commercially produced microbials at Biochem Products
- Commercial production of microbials by Reuter Laboratories, inc., for control of the gypsy moth and the spruce budworm
- Recent developments in the Zoecon Corporation and the Thuricide® forestry formulations
- Symposium on formulation and application of microbials for spruce budworm and gypsy moth control
- Measurement of foliar deposits of Bt and their relation to efficacy
- Stabilization and application of Bt
- Spray swath patterns of small aircraft and vertical distribution of microbial spray deposits
- Discussion panel: field test design & data analysis
- Bioassay of formulations of Bacillus thuringiensis for use in forestry: panel discussion of the role of the bioassay in standardizing formulations of B. thuringiensis