Autodissemination of a Beet Armyworm (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) Baculovirus under Laboratory Conditions

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1187-1194

  Yu, Z ^a   Brown, G C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autodissemination; Microbial control; SeMNPV; Spodoptera exigua

Indexed keywords

BETA VULGARIS SUBSP. VULGARIS; LEPIDOPTERA; MYTHIMNA UNIPUNCTA; NOCTUIDAE; SPODOPTERA EXIGUA; SPODOPTERA EXIGUA NUCLEOPOLYHEDROVIRUS; UNIDENTIFIED BACULOVIRUS;

EID: 0342989270     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jee/90.5.1187     Document Type: Article

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