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Large-scale outbreaks of forest defoliators have provided a unique impetus to the development of entomopathogens as microbial control agents. In fact, forestry is one of the few markets in which a microbial control agent has replaced broad-spectrum chemical insecticides. This applies in particular to Bacillus thuringiensis subsp.

*We dedicate this chapter to the memory of Normand Dubois, formerly with the USDA Forest Service, Northeast Research Station in Hamden, CT; Norm had accepted the challenge to write this chapter, we accepted the honor to complete the task

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  1. Canadian Forest Service, Great Lakes Forestry Centre, Sault Ste., Marie, ON P6A 5M7, Canada

    K. van Frankenhuyzen

  2. USDA Forest Service, Forest Health Technology Enterprise Team, Morgantown, WV, 26505, USA

    R.C. Reardon

  3. USDA Forest Service, Northeast Research Station, Hamden, CT, USA

    N. R. Dubois*

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van Frankenhuyzen, K., Reardon, R., Dubois*, N.R. (2007). Forest defoliators. In: Lacey, L.A., Kaya, H.K. (eds) Field Manual of Techniques in Invertebrate Pathology. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-5933-9_23

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