Genetic improvement of Helicoverpa zea nuclear polyhedrosis virus as a biopesticide

Biological Control

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 83-91

  Popham, Holly J R ^a,b   Li, Yonghong ^b   Miller, Lois K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecdysteroid UDP glucosyltransferase; Helicoverpa zea nuclear polyhedrosis virus; Insect selective toxins; Recombinant baculovirus; Tox34

Indexed keywords

ACARI; CYPOVIRUS; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; HELICOVERPA ARMIGERA; HELICOVERPA ZEA; HELICOVERPA ZEA SINGLE NUCLEOCAPSID NUCLEOPOLYHEDROVIRUS; INSECTA; UNIDENTIFIED BACULOVIRUS; UNIDENTIFIED NUCLEAR POLYHEDROSIS VIRUSES; ZEA;

EID: 0031260297     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bcon.1997.0552     Document Type: Article

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