A Field Release of Genetically Engineered Gypsy Moth (Lymantria disparL.) Nuclear Polyhedrosis Virus (LdNPV)

Journal of Invertebrate Pathology

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 260-268

  D'Amico, Vincent ^a,b   Elkinton, Joseph S ^a   Podgwaite, John D ^b   Slavicek, James M ^b   McManus, Michael L ^b   Burand, John P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

galactosidase; Field release; Genetic engineering; Ggenetically engineered baculovirus; LdNPV; Lymantria dispar

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETICS; MOTH; POLYHEDROSIS VIRUS; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MOTHS; NUCLEOPOLYHEDROVIRUS;

EID: 0033124126     PISSN: 00222011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jipa.1999.4847     Document Type: Article

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