Nucleopolyhedrovirus enhancement by a fluorescent brightener in Mythimna separata (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)

Applied Entomology and Zoology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 87-96

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

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Enhancement; Fluorescent brightener; Mythimna separata; Nucleopolyhedrovirus; Peritrophic membrane

Indexed keywords

CYPOVIRUS; LEPIDOPTERA; MYTHIMNA; MYTHIMNA SEPARATA; NOCTUIDAE; NUCLEOPOLYHEDROVIRUS; SEPARATA;

EID: 0038054577     PISSN: 00036862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1303/aez.2003.87     Document Type: Article

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