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A Species of Cephalosporium (Moniliaceae) Causing a Fungous Disease in Larvae of the European Corn Borer, Pyrausta nubilalis (Hbn.) (Lepidoptera: Pyraustidae)1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

R. B. Baird
R. B. Baird
Affiliation:
Entomology Laboratory, c/o Department of Bacteriology, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario
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During the summer of 1951, a number of full-grown larvae of the European corn borer, Pyrausta nubilalis (Hbn.), that died while being held in cold storage lor experimental use at the Entomology Laboratory, Chatham, Ontario, were forwarded to the Kingston laboratory for diagnosis. Microscopic examination showed that the dead larvae cnntaincd a hard core of fungous mycelium.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 86 , Issue 5 , May 1954 , pp. 237 - 240
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1954

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