Genetic and biological comparisons of ten geographic isolates of a nucleopolyhedrovirus that infects Spodoptera litura (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)

Biological Control

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 32-39

  Takatsuka, Jun ^a   Okuno, Shohei ^a   Nakai, Madoka ^a   Kunimi, Yasuhisa ^a  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Baculovirus; Bioassay; Common cutworm; Nucleopolyhedrovirus; Spodoptera littoralis; Spodoptera litura

Indexed keywords

LEPIDOPTERA; NOCTUIDAE; NUCLEOPOLYHEDROVIRUS; SPODOPTERA LITTORALIS; SPODOPTERA LITURA; UNIDENTIFIED BACULOVIRUS;

EID: 0037218114     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1049-9644(02)00113-5     Document Type: Article

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