Insecticidal properties and microbial contaminants in a Spodoptera exigua multiple nucleopolyhedrovirus (baculoviridae) formulation stored at different temperatures

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 42-49

  Lasa, Rodrigo ^a   Williams, Trevor ^b   Caballero, Primitivo ^a  

^a PUBLIC UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRE   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Microbial contaminants; Nucleopolyhedrovirus; Spodoptera exigua; Storage

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE; VIRUS DNA;

ANIMAL; ARMYWORM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENTEROCOCCUS; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYHEDROSIS VIRUS; TEMPERATURE; VIROLOGY; VIRUS INCLUSION; YEAST;

ANIMALS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DNA, VIRAL; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENTEROCOCCUS; INCLUSION BODIES, VIRAL; INSECTICIDES; NUCLEOPOLYHEDROVIRUS; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; SPODOPTERA; TEMPERATURE; YEASTS;

BACILLUS CEREUS; BACULOVIRIDAE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENTEROCOCCUS; NUCLEOPOLYHEDROVIRUS; SALMONELLA; SHIGELLA; SPODOPTERA EXIGUA; SPODOPTERA EXIGUA MNPV; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VIBRIO;

EID: 39749185494     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-0493(2008)101[42:IPAMCI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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