Characterization of a variant of Autographa californica nuclear polyhedrosis virus with a nonfunctional ORF 603

Biological Control

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 223-230

  Popham, Holly J R ^a,b   Pellock, Brett J ^b   Robson, Moyra ^a   Dierks, Peter M ^c   Miller, Lois K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b Insecticide Directed Basic Research ^*  (United States)

^c PFIZER INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Biopesticide; Egt; Genotypic variants; Lef 2; Nuclear polyhedrosis virus; Recombinant baculovirus; Tox34

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; GENE SEQUENCING; PEST CONTROL; PESTICIDE PRODUCTION; VIRUS GENOME;

AUTOGRAPHA CALIFORNICA; SPODOPTERA FRUGIPERDA; TRICHOPLUSIA;

EID: 0032125946     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bcon.1998.0627     Document Type: Article

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