Canadian Forest Service Publications Auto-inoculation: making
insects agents of their own destruction. 2011. Lavallée, R.
NRCan, CFS, Laurentian Forestry Centre, Québec, Que. Branching
out from the Canadian Forest Service, Laurentian Forestry
Centre. No. 72. 2 p. Available from: Laurentian Forestry Centre
Catalog ID: 33289 Series: Branching Out (LFC - Québec) If a pair
of flies was able to reproduce unimpeded for five years, the
Earth’s surface would be covered with a 1.5 m thick layer of
buzzing insects. Fortunately, this could never happen because
natural control mechanisms keep insect populations in check.
Entomopathogenic fungi, which cause disease in insects,
constitute an important control factor. These naturally
occurring fungi, which target specific insects, are being used
increasingly to control insect pests, and they may prove to be
invaluable allies against the emerald ash borer. Also available
under the title: Autocontamination et autodissémination, ou
l’art de rendre la liberté mortelle. L’éclair