entomophaga การใช้

• In the early 1980s, another attempt was made to introduce " Entomophaga maimaiga " into the wild.
• Gypsy moths are receding because of the surprising spread of a fungal pathogen called Entomophaga maimaiga, which attacks only gypsy moths in Japan.
• Entomophaga ( insect eater ) maimaiga ( the Japanese name for gypsy moth ) secretes enzymes that digest the skin of the gypsy moth caterpillar.
• The fungus was determined to belong to the genus " Entomophaga " in the fungal order Entomophthorales and was given the name " maimaiga " based on geographical distribution.
• "Entomophaga maimaiga " can only potentially affect Lepidopteran larvae that are present in the spring, when Gypsy Moth larvae are present . 78 species which fit this criteria were tested.
• In 1969, under the auspices of the IUBS, an agreement was reached among organizations to merge IOBC and the  International advisory committee for biological Control ( active in English-speaking countries ) into a single international organization under the name IOBC . The scientific journal " Entomophaga " ( now superseded by " BioControl " ) is the official journal of the new organization.
• Dr . Ann E . Hajek, an insect pathologist at the New York State College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Cornell University, isolated and cultured a fungus, Entomophaga maimaiga, which was responsible for the collapse of the last major gypsy moth outbreak in 1989 . Though this fungus was first introduced here from Japan in 1911 to fight the moth, it was thought to have failed in field tests and had not been seen since.