Narrow host range nucleopolyhedrovirus for control of the browntail (Lepidoptera: Lymantriidae)

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 661-667

  Cory, Jenny S ^a   Hirst, Mark L ^a   Sterling, Philip H ^a,b,c   Speight, Martin R ^a,b  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c DORSET COUNTY COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Baculovirus; Bioinseetieide; Euproctis chrysorrhoea; Host range; Lymantriidae; Nontarget organism

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; HOST SPECIFICITY; MOTH; PEST CONTROL; VIRAL DISEASE;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EUPROCTIS CHRYSSORRHOEA; LEPIDOPTERA; LYMANTRIIDAE;

EID: 0033864344     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X-29.3.661     Document Type: Article

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