Impact of recombinant baculovirus field applications on a nontarget heliothine parasitoid, Microplitis croceipes (Hymenoptera: Braconidae)

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1109-1117

  Smith, Chad R ^a   Heinz, Kevin M ^a   Sansone, Christopher G ^a,b   Flexner, J Lindsey ^a,c  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DUPONT COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cotton; Endoparasitoid; Heliothis virescens; Microplitis croceipes; Recombinant baculovirus; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETICS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOTH; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYHEDROSIS VIRUS; SEX RATIO; VIROLOGY; WASP;

ANIMALS; DNA, VIRAL; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; MALE; MOTHS; NUCLEOPOLYHEDROVIRUS; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SEX RATIO; WASPS;

EID: 0034241638     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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