Entomophaga maimaiga panzootic in northeastern gypsy moth populations

Ann E. Hajek; Joseph S. Elkinton

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Entomophaga maimaiga panzootic in northeastern gypsy moth populations

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Authors:

Ann E. Hajek, Joseph S. Elkinton

Year:

1991

Type:

General Technical Report

Station:

Northern Research Station

Source:

IN: Gottschalk, Kurt W.; Twery, Mark J.; Smith, Shirley I., eds. Proceedings, U.S. Department of Agriculture interagency gypsy moth research review 1990; East Windsor, CT. Gen. Tech. Rep. NE-146. Radnor, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station: 45.

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Abstract

The fungal pathogen causing extensive mortality in gypsy moth larval populations during the 1989 field season has been identified as Entomophaga maimaiga. Identification was based on morphology and in vitro culture requirements, as well as results from allozyme and restriction fragment linked polymorphism analyses. E. maimaiga is well known to cause spectacular epizootics in Japanese gypsy moth populations but has not been reported from North America previously.

Parent Publication

Proceedings, U. S. Department of Agriculture interagency gypsy moth research review 1990

Citation

Hajek, Ann E.; Elkinton, Joseph S. 1991. Entomophaga maimaiga panzootic in northeastern gypsy moth populations. IN: Gottschalk, Kurt W.; Twery, Mark J.; Smith, Shirley I., eds. Proceedings, U.S. Department of Agriculture interagency gypsy moth research review 1990; East Windsor, CT. Gen. Tech. Rep. NE-146. Radnor, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station: 45.