- 著者
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澤畠 拓夫
河内 香織
- 出版者
- 近畿大学農学部
- 雑誌
- 近畿大学農学部紀要 = MEMOIRS OF THE FACULTY OF AGRICULTURE OF KINKI UNIVERSITY (ISSN:21896267)
- 巻号頁・発行日
- vol.48, pp.46-49, 2015-03-01
<Synopsis>Outbreak of gypsy moth occurred in Nara campus of Kinki University in 2012 and May in 2013 and the outbreak have rapidly declined in June 2013. Many larvae dead on lower portion of tree trunks showing typically attached by their prolegs with their head pointed downward. Spore production of entomopathogenic fungus, Entomophaga maimaiga was observed on some larval body surface. But majority of the larvae showed no external and internal sporulation, and 25% of them contained one or two dipteran larvae. These observations suggested that many larvae of the moth were killed by viral infection, such as baculovirus. The larvae survived the attack by parasitic organisms got pupae, but most of them were killed by parasitic wasps and did not emerge. These facts showed the complex of parasitic organisms, such as virus, fungus, and parastoid diptera and wasps caused the decline of gypsy moth outbreak in Nara campus of Kinki University.