brief review of the past use of baculoviruses for the management of eruptive forest defoliators and recent developments on a sawfly virus in Canada

brief review of the past use of baculoviruses for the management of eruptive forest defoliators and recent developments on a sawfly virus in Canada

An overview is presented of the state of knowledge on the use of baculoviruses--a family of virulent insect viruses exhibiting narrow host ranges--for the suppression of insect outbreaks in Canadian forests. Emphasis is on recent investigations using NeabNPV against the balsam fir sawfly and the pin...

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Veröffentlicht in:Forestry chronicle 2007-01, Vol.83 (1), p.105-112
Hauptverfasser: Moreau, G, Lucarotti, C.J
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Abies balsamea
Acantholyda
Baculoviridae
Baculovirus
biological control
biological control agents
biopesticides
forest insects
forest trees
host range
insect control
insect pest outbreaks
insect pests
literature reviews
Neodiprion
plant pests
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Zusammenfassung:An overview is presented of the state of knowledge on the use of baculoviruses--a family of virulent insect viruses exhibiting narrow host ranges--for the suppression of insect outbreaks in Canadian forests. Emphasis is on recent investigations using NeabNPV against the balsam fir sawfly and the pine false webworm.
ISSN:0015-7546
1499-9315
DOI:10.5558/tfc83105-1