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1 July 2004 Syspastospora parasitica, a mycoparasite of the fungus Beauveria bassiana attacking the Colorado potato beetle Leptinotarsa decemlineata: A tritrophic association.
Francisco Posada, Fernando E. Vega, Stephen A. Rehner, Meredith Blackwell, Donald Weber, Sung-Oui Suh, Richard A. Humber
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Abstract

A tritrophic association is reported, involving a Colorado potato beetle (Leptinotarsa decemlineata) infected with Beauveria bassiana, which in turn was infected with Syspastospora parasitica.

Francisco Posada, Fernando E. Vega, Stephen A. Rehner, Meredith Blackwell, Donald Weber, Sung-Oui Suh, and Richard A. Humber "Syspastospora parasitica, a mycoparasite of the fungus Beauveria bassiana attacking the Colorado potato beetle Leptinotarsa decemlineata: A tritrophic association.," Journal of Insect Science 4(24), 1-3, (1 July 2004). https://doi.org/10.1673/031.004.2401
Received: 9 March 2004; Accepted: 1 May 2004; Published: 1 July 2004
KEYWORDS
biocontrol
entomopathogens
Hypothenemus
insect pathology
Leptinotarsa
mycoparasites
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