Quantifying Time-Mortality Relationships for Nuclear Polyhedrosis Viruses When Survivors are Present

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1289-1296

  Farrar Jr , Robert R ^a,b   Ridgway, Richard L ^a,b  

^a Bldg 142   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

LT50; Median lethal time; Nuclear polyhedrosis virus; Survivors; Time mortality

Indexed keywords

ANAGRAPHA FALCIFERA; APIUM GRAVEOLENS VAR. DULCE; BETA VULGARIS SUBSP. VULGARIS; CYPOVIRUS; HELICOVERPA ZEA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; MYTHIMNA UNIPUNCTA; NUCLEOPOLYHEDROVIRUS; SPODOPTERA EXIGUA; UNIDENTIFIED NUCLEAR POLYHEDROSIS VIRUSES; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0001604935     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ee/27.6.1289     Document Type: Review

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