A brief review of the past use of baculoviruses for the management of eruptive forest defoliators and recent developments on a sawfly virus in Canada

Abstract

An overview is presented of the state of knowledge on the use of baculoviruses - a family of virulent insect viruses exhibiting narrow host ranges - for the suppression of insect outbreaks in Canadian forests. Emphasis is on recent investigations using NeabNPV against the balsam fir sawfly and the pine false webworm.