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THE USE OF FUMIDIL B TO SUPPRESS THE MICROSPORIDAN NOSEMA FUMIFERANAE IN STOCK CULTURES OF THE SPRUCE BUDWORM, CHORISTOISEURA FUMIFERANA (LEPIDOPTERA: TORTRICIDAE)1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

G. G. Wilson
G. G. Wilson
Affiliation:
Insect Pathology Research Institute, Canadian Forestry Service, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
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Spruce budworm, Choristoneura fumiferana, are often naturally infected with the microsporidan parasite Nosema fumiferanae and this is frequently carried over into laboratory stock. The presence of N. fumiferanae infection seriously interferes with the study of other pathogens. The antibiotic compound Fumidil B has recently been used to control infection in Ostrinia nubilalis (European corn borer) by the microsporidan Perezia pyroustae (Lewis and Lynch 1970) and infection in Anthonomus grandis (boll weevil) by an unidentified microsporidan (Flint et al. 1972).

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 106 , Issue 9 , September 1974 , pp. 995 - 996
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1974

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