Susceptibility of the Great Basin tent caterpillar, Malacosoma fragile (Stretch), to a nuclear polyhedrosis virus and Bacillus thuringiensis Berliner

Authors

M.J. Stelzer

Document Type

Article

Journal/Book Title/Conference

Journal of Invertebrate Pathology

Volume

7

Issue

2

First Page

122

Last Page

125

Publication Date

1965

Abstract

The control potentialities of a nuclear-polyhedrosis virus, of Bacillus thuringiensis Berliner, and a combination of the two pathogens, at several dosage levels, against larvae of the Great Basin tent caterpillar, Malacosoma fragile (Stretch), were evaluated in small-scale field tests conducted in New Mexico during 1962 and 1963. All of the treatments were capable of causing lethal infection of the larvae. A combination of the two pathogens provided a more efficient means of control than either agent alone.

Recommended Citation

Stelzer, M.J. 1965. Susceptibility of the Great Basin tent caterpillar, Malacosoma fragile (Stretch), to a nuclear polyhedrosis virus and Bacillus thuringiensis Berliner. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology 7(2):122-125.