Effect of Bacillus thuringiensis, Anagrapha falcifera multiple nucleopolyhedrovirus, and their mixture on three lepidopteran corn ear pests

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 91-96

  Pingel, Randall L ^a   Lewis, Leslie C ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Helicoverpa zea; Modified droplet bioassay method; Ostrinia nubilalis; Spodoptera frugiperda

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; NUCLEOPOLYHEDROVIRUS;

ANAGRAPHA FALCIFERA; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYPOVIRUS; HELICOVERPA ZEA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; NUCLEOPOLYHEDROVIRUS; OSTRINIA NUBILALIS; SPODOPTERA FRUGIPERDA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0033006159     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jee/92.1.91     Document Type: Article

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