Yields of occlusion bodies from Heliothis virescens (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) and Helicoverpa (Heliothis) zea (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) larvae fed wild or recombinant strains of baculoviruses

Applied Entomology and Zoology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 389-392

  Ignoffo, Carlo M ^a   Wong, James F H ^b   McCutchen, William F ^b   Saathoff, Stephen G ^a   Garcia, Clemente ^c  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b DUPONT COMPANY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Helicoverpa zea; Heliothis virescens; Nucleopolyhedrovirus

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034239264     PISSN: 00036862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1303/aez.2000.389     Document Type: Article

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