Nucleopolyhedroviruses of forest and western tent caterpillars: Cross-infectivity and evidence for activation of latent virus in high-density field populations

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 41-50

  Cooper, Dawn ^a   Cory, Jenny S ^b   Theilmann, David A ^c   Myers, Judith H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c SUMMERLAND RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Baculovirus; Cross infectivity; Environmental stressors; Latency; Persistence; Population fluctuation; Sublethal infection; Tent caterpillar; Vertical transmission

Indexed keywords

CATERPILLAR; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; PERSISTENCE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; VIRUS;

CANADA;

INVERTEBRATA; LASIOCAMPIDAE; LEPIDOPTERA; MALACOSOMA; MALACOSOMA CALIFORNICUM; MALACOSOMA DISSTRIA; NUCLEOPOLYHEDROVIRUS; PHACELIA CONGESTA; UNIDENTIFIED BACULOVIRUS;

EID: 0037326413     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2311.2003.00474.x     Document Type: Article

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