Biological and biochemical relationships between the nucleopolyhedroviruses of Mamestra brassicae and Heliothis armigera

Journal of Invertebrate Pathology

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 2-8

  Rovesti, L ^a   Crook, N E ^b   Winstanley, D ^b  

^a Via Filippo Re 8   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

DNA homology; Heliothis armigera; Mamestra brassicae; NPV, susceptibility, age related; Nuclepolyhedrovirus

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CYPOVIRUS; DNA VIRUSES; HELICOVERPA ARMIGERA; HELICOVERPA ZEA; HELIOTHIS; HELIOTHIS ARMIGERA; HELIOTHIS VIRESCENS; HELIOTHIS ZEA; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; MAMESTRA BRASSICAE; NUCLEOPOLYHEDROVIRUS; ZEA;

EID: 0034031478     PISSN: 00222011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jipa.1999.4903     Document Type: Article

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