Differential mortality between male and female Choristoneura occidentalis (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) larvae exposed to a baculovirus with or without optical brighteners

Canadian Entomologist

Volumn 131, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 65-70

  Li, S Y ^a,b   Otvos, I S ^a  

^a PACIFIC FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^b LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LARVA; MORTALITY; SEX RATIO; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE;

CHORISTONEURA FUMIFERANA; CHORISTONEURA FUMIFERANA MNPV; CHORISTONEURA OCCIDENTALIS; CYPOVIRUS; LEPIDOPTERA; TORTRICIDAE; UNIDENTIFIED BACULOVIRUS; UNIDENTIFIED NUCLEAR POLYHEDROSIS VIRUSES;

EID: 0032975617     PISSN: 0008347X     EISSN: 19183240     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4039/Ent13165-1     Document Type: Article

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