Effects of a fertility-reducing baculovirus on sperm numbers and sizes in the Indian Meal Moth, Plodia interpunctella

Functional Ecology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 56-62

  Sait, S M ^a   Gage, M J G ^a   Cook, P A ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Apyrene; Eupyrene; Granulovirus; Pathogen; Sub lethal

Indexed keywords

BACULOVIRUS; FERTILITY; FERTILITY REDUCTION; INDIAN MEAL MOTH; SPERM PRODUCTION; VIRUS;

EID: 0031951802     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2435.1998.00161.x     Document Type: Article

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