Field Application of Bacillus thuringiensis and Anagrapha falcifera Multiple Nucleopolyhedrovirus Against the Corn Earworm, (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1195-1199

  Pingel, Randall L ^a   Lewis, Leslie C ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anagrapha falcifera; Bacillus thuringiensis; Helicoverpa zea; Maize; Nucleopolyhedrovirus; Starch encapsulation

Indexed keywords

ANAGRAPHA FALCIFERA; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS SEROVAR BERLINER; CYPOVIRUS; HELICOVERPA ZEA; LEPIDOPTERA; NOCTUIDAE; NUCLEOPOLYHEDROVIRUS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0343849437     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jee/90.5.1195     Document Type: Article

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