Efficacy of optical brightener formulations of Spodoptera exigua multiple nucleopolyhedrovirus (SeMNPV) as a biological insecticide in greenhouses in southern Spain

Biological Control

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 89-96

  Lasa, Rodrigo ^a   Ruiz Portero, Carmen ^b   Alcázar, María D ^c   Belda, José E ^b   Caballero, Primitivo ^a   Williams, Trevor ^a  

^a PUBLIC UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALMERÍA   (Spain)

^c Laboratorio de Sanidad Vegetal   (Spain)

Author keywords

Baculovirus; Efficacy; Formulation; Greenhouse crops; Nucleopolyhedrovirus; Persistence; Sweet pepper

Indexed keywords

CAPSICUM ANNUUM; CAPSICUM ANNUUM VAR. ANNUUM; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; NUCLEOPOLYHEDROVIRUS; SPODOPTERA EXIGUA; SPODOPTERA EXIGUA MNPV;

EID: 33845345285     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocontrol.2006.06.015     Document Type: Article

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