Host-insect survival time and disintegration in relation to population density and dispersion of recombinant and wild-type nucleopolyhedroviruses

Biological Control

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 143-150

  Fuxa, J Alexander ^a   Fuxa, James R ^a   Richter, Arthur R ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Autographa californica NPV; Baculovirus; Ecology; Nucleopolyhedrovirus; Recombinant baculovirus; Recombinant virus; Viral dispersion; Viral population density; Virulence

Indexed keywords

DISEASE RESISTANCE; DISPERSION; HOST INSECT SURVIVAL TIME; INFECTIVITY; NUCLEOPOLYHEDROVIRUS; POLYHEDRAL OCCLUSION BODY; POPULATION DENSITY; RECOMBINANT VIRUS; RESISTANCE MANAGEMENT; TRICHOPLUSIA NI; WILD TYPE VIRUS;

AUTOGRAPHA CALIFORNICA; CYPOVIRUS; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; NUCLEOPOLYHEDROVIRUS; SCORPIONES; TABACUM; TRICHOPLUSIA NI; UNIDENTIFIED BACULOVIRUS;

EID: 0031811350     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bcon.1998.0614     Document Type: Article

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