Sensitivity of heliothine larvae to wild-type and recombinant strains of a single nucleocapsid (HzSNPV) and a multiple nucleocapsid (AcMNPV) baculovirus

Applied Entomology and Zoology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 127-136

  Ignoffo, Carlo M ^b   Wong, James F H ^a   McIntosh, Arthur H ^b   McCutchen, William F ^a   Grasela, James J ^b   Goodman, Cynthia L ^b   Saathoff, Stephen G ^b  

^a DUPONT COMPANY   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Autographa MNPV; Baculoviruses; Heliothis Helicoverpa SNPV; Recombinants

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035256050     PISSN: 00036862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1303/aez.2001.127     Document Type: Article

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