The comparative susceptibility of the Diamondback moth Plutella xylostella and some other major lepidopteran pests of brassica crops to a range of baculoviruses

Biocontrol Science and Technology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 421-433

  Abdul Kadir, Hussan Bin ^a,c   Payne, Christopher C ^a,b   Crook, Norman E ^a   Fenlon, John S ^a   Winstanley, Doreen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^c MALAYSIAN AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE MARDI   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Bioassay; Diamondback moth; Galleria mellonella; Granulovirus; Nucleopolyhedrovirus; Plutella xylostella

Indexed keywords

BACULOVIRUS; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; NUCLEOPOLYHEDROVIRUS;

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; CROP PEST; VIRUS;

AUTOGRAPHA CALIFORNICA; BRASSICA; CROCIDOLOMIA; CROCIDOLOMIA BINOTALIS; CYPOVIRUS; GALLERIA MELLONELLA; GALLERIA MELLONELLA NUCLEAR POLYHEDROSIS VIRUS; GRANULOVIRUS; HELIOTHIS VIRESCENS; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; MAMESTRA BRASSICAE; MAMESTRA BRASSICAE NUCLEOPOLYHEDROVIRUS; NUCLEOPOLYHEDROVIRUS; PLUTELLA XYLOSTELLA; PLUTELLIDAE; UNIDENTIFIED BACULOVIRUS;

EID: 0344850204     PISSN: 09583157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09583159929686     Document Type: Article

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