Article
First Record of A New Microsporidium Pathogenic to the Eucalyptus Snout Beetle in Brazil
2021-01-15
Abstract excerpt
Microsporidia are naturally occurring fungal-related parasites that can infect nearly all animal hosts, but their biocontrol potential of insect pests is routinely overlooked in agriculture and forestry. This research brings the first report describing the natural occurrence of a microsporidium causing disease in field-collected populations of the invasive eucalyptus snout beetle, Gonipterus platensis (Coleoptera:...
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- Literature Corpus work
- a7cac8c6-b1d5-5a86-9ab2-3003970f80d8
- DOI
- 10.21203/rs.3.rs-144248/v1
