Ecology of insect nucleopolyhedroviruses

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 27-43

  Fuxa, James R ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Baculovirus; Biological control; Entomopathogen; Microbial ecology; Review

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; ENTOMOPATHOGENIC ORGANISM; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; MICROBIAL ECOLOGY; VIRAL DISEASE;

INSECTA; NUCLEOPOLYHEDROVIRUS; UNIDENTIFIED BACULOVIRUS;

EID: 2442472151     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2003.10.013     Document Type: Review

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