Elimination of Nosema in Galeruca rufa , 1 a Potential Biological Control Agent for Field Bindweed
- 1 April 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Environmental Entomology
- Vol. 10 (2) , 143-146
- https://doi.org/10.1093/ee/10.2.143
Abstract
A protozoan disease caused by Nosema sp. was eliminated from a quarantine culture of Galeruca rufa Germar by segregation of adults and cohorts of progeny, by sanitation, and by destruction of all cohorts containing the pathogen. A significant reduction in egg production by diseased, versus healthy, adults revealed the debilitating effect of the disease. A brief review of weed-feeding insects known to have protozoan diseases is presented.This publication has 3 references indexed in Scilit:
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