Development and Use of a PCR Assay for Detection of the Reproductive Virus in Wild Populations of Helicoverpa zea (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)

Journal of Invertebrate Pathology

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 107-112

  Lupiani, Blanca ^a   Raina, Ashok K ^a   Huber, Curtis ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Agonadal condition; Bioassay; Biocontrol; Corn earworm; Helicoverpa zea; Helicoverpa zeareproductive virus (HzRV); Polymerase chain reaction (PCR); Sterility

Indexed keywords

EID: 0008203297     PISSN: 00222011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jipa.1998.4812     Document Type: Article

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