Annual Report of Introduced Beneficial Organisms Released in the United States and Territories - 1984

Section III - List of Introduced Microbial Organisms Released in the U.S. and Territories - 1984

Arranged Alphabetically by Genus-species of Released Organism, State, County

Species Released         Origin                                                     Target Host
Genus                    Country,State      Released -       File Number          (at time of release)
Species, Subspecies      Facilities         State, County    Releaser Acronym,    Genus
Author                   Collector             No. of Sites     Name              Species, Subspecies
     Order, Family           Acronym        Month /SEE NOTES * = Specimens Kept   Author, Common Name

NPV,                     Brazil              FL Alachua      UFG-DGB-84-0001      Anticarsia
Anticarsia gemmatalis    UFG                             2   UFG                  gemmatalis
                                             Aug to Sep      Boucias, D G         Hübner
                                             NOTE: 173                            velvetbean caterpillar 
     Baculoviridae

                         Brazil              FL Gadsden      UFG-DGB-84-0001-2    SAME
                         UFG                             1   UFG
                                                             Boucias, D G
                                             NOTE: 173

Zoophthora               Brazil              IL Champaign    INHS-JVM-84-0001-3   Empoasca
radicans                 IPRU                ?     CULT  1   INHS                 fabae
(Brefeld) Batko          BTINY               Jul             Maddox, J V          (Harris)
     Entomophthorales    EMBRAPAG/MY                         McGuire, M R         potato leafhopper
     Entomophthoraceae   BTINY/RAD
                         EMBRAPAG (culture) 

                         Brazil              IL St Claire    INHS-JVM-84-0001-2   SAME
                         IPRU                ?     CULT  1   INHS
                         BTINY               Jul             Maddox, J V
                         EMBRAPAG/MY                         McGuire, M R
                         BTINY/RAD
                         EMBRAPAG (culture)

                         Brazil              IL Warren       INHS-JVM-84-0001-1   SAME 
                         IPRU                ?     CULT  1   INHS
                         BTINY               Jul             Maddox, J V
                         EMBRAPAG/MY                         McGuire, M R
                         BTINY/RAD
                         EMBRAPAG (culture) 

NOTES

173 Releases were made of PIB in homogenized host larvae in small experimental plots. 
    See Boucias et al. 1987 (Entomophaga 32:97-108) and Boucias & 
    Pendland 1986 (IFAS, Research87, pp.40-45).