Mortality and feeding of mid-stadium larvae of Helicoverpa zea and Heliothis virescens fed a wild strain or a recombinant strain of Baculovirus heliothis expressing an insect-specific toxin of the scorpion Leiurus quinquestriatus hebraeus

Applied Entomology and Zoology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 279-283

  Ignoffo, Carlo M ^a   Wong, James F H ^b   Saathoff, Stephen G ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b DUPONT COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Baculoviruses; Fecal weights; Heliothis Helicoverpa; Leiurus quinquestriatus; Toxin

Indexed keywords

CYPOVIRUS; HELICOVERPA; HELICOVERPA ZEA; HELIOTHIS; HELIOTHIS VIRESCENS; INSECTA; LEIURUS; LEIURUS QUINQUESTRIATUS; LEIURUS QUINQUESTRIATUS HEBRAEUS; NUCLEOPOLYHEDROSIS VIRUS; SCORPIONES; UNIDENTIFIED BACULOVIRUS; ZEA;

EID: 0033176997     PISSN: 00036862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1303/aez.34.279     Document Type: Article

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