Sunlight persistence and rainfastness of spray-dried formulations of baculovirus isolated from Anagrapha falcifera (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 210-218

  Tamez Guerra, Patricia ^a,b   McGuire, Michael R ^a   Behle, Robert W ^a   Hamm, John J ^c   Sumner, Harold R ^c   Shasha, Baruch S ^d  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE NUEVO LEÓN   (Mexico)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Anagraplia falcifera baculovirus; Formulations; Nuclear polyhedrosis virus; Rainfastness; Spray drying; Sunlight stability

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACULOVIRUS; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; METHODOLOGY; MOTH; SUNLIGHT; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; BACULOVIRIDAE; MOTHS; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; RAIN; SUNLIGHT;

EID: 0034169336     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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