Relative effectiveness of selected stilbene optical brighteners as enhancers of the beet armyworm (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) nuclear polyhedrosis virus

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 339-343

  Shapiro, Martin ^a   Argauer, Robert ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Optical brighteners; Spodoptera exigua; Virus enhancement

Indexed keywords

BENZENESULFONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; C.I. FLUORESCENT BRIGHTENING AGENT 28;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; METHODOLOGY; MOTH; POLYHEDROSIS VIRUS; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; BENZENESULFONATES; MOTHS; NUCLEOPOLYHEDROVIRUS; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0035318615     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-0493-94.2.339     Document Type: Article

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