Sunlight Stability and Rain-Fastness of Formulations of Baculovirus heliothis

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1470-1474

  Ignoffo, C M ^a   Garcia, C ^a   Saathoff, S G ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Baculovirus heliothis; Helicoverpa (Heliothis) zea; Nuclear polyhedrosis virus; Rain fastness; Sunlight ultraviolet stability

Indexed keywords

CYPOVIRUS; GLYCINE MAX; HELICOVERPA ZEA; HELIOTHIS; UNIDENTIFIED BACULOVIRUS; UNIDENTIFIED NUCLEAR POLYHEDROSIS VIRUSES; ZEA;

EID: 0000380121     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ee/26.6.1470     Document Type: Article

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