Title: First field trials with fungi against Anoplophora glabripennis

Author: Dubois, Thomas; Hajek, Ann; Jiafu, Hu; Li, Zengzhi

Year: 2003

Publication: In: Fosbroke, Sandra L.C.; Gottschalk, Kurt W., eds. Proceedings, U.S. Department of Agriculture interagency research forum on gypsy moth and other invasive species 2002; 2002 January 15-18; Annapolis, MD. Gen. Tech. Rep. NE-300. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Research Station: 17.

Abstract: We have been evaluating the use of entomopathogenic fungi against A. glabripennis; so far, 20 strains have been isolated belonging to three species, 14 strains have been tested in the laboratory, five strains have been evaluated in caged field trials and two strains have been tested in the open field.