Evidence that the stilbene-derived optical brightener M2R enhances Autographa californica M nucleopolyhedrovirus infection of Trichoplusia ni and Heliothis virescens by preventing sloughing of infected midgut epithelial cells

Biological Control

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 58-69

  Washburn, Jan O ^a,b   Kirkpatrick, Bruce A ^b   Haas Stapleton, Eric ^b   Volkman, Loy E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

AcMNPV hsp70 lacZ; Autographa californica M nucleopolyhedrovirus; Heliothis virescens; M2R; Optical brighteners; Trichoplusia ni; Viral pathogenesis; galactosidase

Indexed keywords

AUTOGRAPHA CALIFORNICA; HELIOTHIS VIRESCENS; TRICHOPLUSIA NI;

EID: 0031982987     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bcon.1997.0572     Document Type: Article

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