A sensitive bioassay for a nucleopolyhedrovirus using silkworms, Bombyx mon L., previously treated with a chitin synthesis inhibitor

Applied Entomology and Zoology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 105-111

  Arakawa, Toru ^a   Nozawa, Mitsuyoshi ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b Institute of Sericulture   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bioassay; Bombyx mori; Nucleopolyhedrovirus; Polyoxin

Indexed keywords

BOMBYX; BOMBYX MORI; BOMBYX MORI NUCLEOPOLYHEDROVIRUS; CYPOVIRUS; NUCLEOPOLYHEDROVIRUS;

EID: 18044363124     PISSN: 00036862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1303/aez.2005.105     Document Type: Article

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