Evaluation of Spodoptera exempta nucleopolyhedrovirus (SpexNPV) for the field control of African armyworm (Spodoptera exempta) in Tanzania

Crop Protection

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 17-24

  Grzywacz, David ^a   Mushobozi, Wilfred L ^b   Parnell, Mark ^a   Jolliffe, Flavia ^c   Wilson, Kenneth ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

^b Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security   (Tanzania)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^d LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Africa; African armyworm; Baculovirus; Biological control; IPM; Migratory pest; Nucleopolyhedrovirus; Spodoptera exempta

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; CROP PEST; INSECTICIDE; MORTALITY; MOTH; PEST CONTROL; PEST OUTBREAK; VIRAL DISEASE;

AFRICA;

NUCLEOPOLYHEDROVIRUS; SPODOPTERA EXEMPTA;

EID: 36448987982     PISSN: 02612194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cropro.2007.04.005     Document Type: Article

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