Detrimental effects of feeding Pleistophora schubergi (Microsporida) to spruce budworm (Choristoneura fumiferana) naturally infected with Nosema fumiferanae
- 1 April 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Canadian Science Publishing in Canadian Journal of Zoology
- Vol. 56 (4) , 578-580
- https://doi.org/10.1139/z78-082
Abstract
Spores of the microsporidian Pleistophora schubergi Zwölfer were fed to spruce budworm, Choristoneura fumiferana (Clem.), naturally infected with Nosema fumiferanae (Thorn.). Larval mortality increased while female pupal weights, adult longevity, and fecundity were significantly reduced by feeding P. schubergi spores. High spore concentrations (5 × 108 spores) and inoculation as second-instar larvae produced the most detrimental effects.This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
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