Optical brighteners provide baculovirus activity enhancement and UV radiation protection

Biological Control

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 71-74

  Dougherty, E M ^a   Guthrie, K P ^a   Shapiro, M ^a  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

cabbage looper; fluorescent brightener; gypsy moth; Lymantria dispar; Nuclear polyhedrosis virus; Trichoplusia ni

Indexed keywords

STILBENE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; INSECT CONTROL; LARVA; LEPIDOPTERA; NONHUMAN; POLYHEDROSIS VIRUS; RADIATION PROTECTION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 0030217932     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bcon.1996.0067     Document Type: Article

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