Comparison of wild type and genetically engineered nuclear polyhedrosis viruses of Autographa californica for mortality, virus replication and polyhedra production in Trichoplusia ni larvae

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 251-257

  Kunimi, Yasuhisa ^a,c   Fuxa, James R ^a   Hammock, Bruce D ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

baculovirus; polyhedra production; recombinant nuclear polyhedrosis virus; Trichoplusia ni; virus replication

Indexed keywords

TRICHOPLUSIA NI; AUTOGRAPHA CALIFORNICA; LEPIDOPTERA; NOCTUIDAE;

GENETIC ENGINEERING; INSECT VIRUS; MORTALITY; NUCLEAR POLYHEDROSIS VIRUS; POLYHEDRA PRODUCTION; VIRUS REPLICATION; WILD TYPE;

EID: 0030301738     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1570-7458.1996.00094.x     Document Type: Article

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