Milky Diseases of European Chafer Larvae

Microbial Control of Insect Pests

“…Apparentl y the polyhedrosis virus of the wattle bagworm persists in the field for several years [Ossowski (137)]. Field observations made at regular intervals have indicated that the milky-disease organisms persist for at least nine to ten years when used against the Japanese beetle and the European chafer (141,190,219). These examples of relatively permanent establishment of insect pathogens in the field cer tainly do not agree with Ullyett's (205) contentions that diseases are only temporary and not permanent factors of control.…”

Geographical distribution of milky disease bacteria in the eastern United States based on phylogeny

“…The DeBryne strain was reportedly obtained from a European chafer exposed to spores produced from type A regular and anxia strains. See references; Tashiro and White (1954), Haynes et al (1961) and Tashiro and Steinkraus (1966). c Spore feeding experiment using Oriental beetle larvae and Brevibacillus laterosporus DNG 6. d The original strain citations occur in the following references; Tashiro and White (1954), Tashiro (1957), Haynes et al (1961), Gordon et al (1973), Sharpe and Bulla (1978), , and Dingman (1994b).…”

Sporulation of Bacillus popilliae in liquid medium as affected by kind of carbon and method of sterilization

“…Bacillus popilliae causes a fatal disease of larvae of Japanese beetles (3) and other Scarabaeid beetles (1,2,12,13). These insects cause millions of dollars damage to a variety of crops and ornamental plants in the United States each year.…”