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Title Inoculative Releases and Natural Spread of the Fungal Pathogen Entomophaga maimaiga (Entomophthorales: Entomophthoraceae) into U.S. Populations of Gypsy Moth, Lymantria dispar (Lepidoptera: Erebidae)
Author Ann E Hajek, Andrea L Diss-Torrance, Nathan W Siegert, Andrew M Liebhold
Date 2021-07-27
Description While emphasis with entomopathogens has often been on inundative releases, we describe here historic widespread inoculative releases of a fungal entomopathogen. Several U.S. states and municipalities conducted inoculative releases of the gypsy moth, Lymantria dispar (L.) (Lepidoptera: Erebidae), pathogen Entomophaga maimaiga Humber, Shimazu et Soper (Entomophthorales: Entomophthoraceae) after 1993, as gypsy moth populations spread into the Midwest and North Carolina.
Keywords biological control, inoculative augmentation, epizootic, fungal entomopathogen
URL https://academic.oup.com/ee/advance-article/doi/10.1093/ee/nvab068/6329249
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