Potential of Agrotis ipsilon nucleopolyhedrovirus for suppression of the black cutworm (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) and effect of an optical brightener on virus efficacy

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 94, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 1045-1052

  Boughton, Anthony J ^a   Lewis, Leslie C ^a   Bonning, Bryony C ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agrotis ipsilon; Baculovirus; M2R; Optical brightener

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENT DYE; PESTICIDE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; LD 50; METHODOLOGY; MOTH; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYHEDROSIS VIRUS; TIME; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; FLUORESCENT DYES; LETHAL DOSE 50; MOTHS; NUCLEOPOLYHEDROVIRUS; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; PESTICIDE SYNERGISTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0035489170     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-0493-94.5.1045     Document Type: Article

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