Promotion of nucleopolyhedrovirus infection in larvae of the silkworm, Bombyx mori (Lepidoptera: Bombycidae) by an antibiotic, nikkomycin Z

Applied Entomology and Zoology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 393-397

  Arakawa, Toru ^a   Sugiyama, Masao ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b Hokko Chemical Industry Co Ltd ^*  (Japan)

Author keywords

Bombyx mori; Chitin synthesis inhibitor; Microbial pesticide; Nikkomycin Z; Nucleopolyhedrovirus

Indexed keywords

BOMBYCIDAE; BOMBYX; BOMBYX MORI; BOMBYX MORI NUCLEOPOLYHEDROVIRUS; CYPOVIRUS; LEPIDOPTERA; NUCLEOPOLYHEDROVIRUS;

EID: 0036389241     PISSN: 00036862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1303/aez.2002.393     Document Type: Article

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