Prevalence of latent virus in Spodoptera litura (Fabricius) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) and its activation by a heterologous virus

Applied Entomology and Zoology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 95-102

  Kouassi, Lucien N'Guessan ^a   Tsuda, Katsuo ^a   Goto, Chie ^b   Mukawa, Shigeyuki ^b   Sakamaki, Yositaka ^a   Kusigemati, Kanetosi ^a   Nakamura, Masayuki ^a  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Activation; Latent virus; Nested PCR; Spodoptera litura; Virulence variation

Indexed keywords

LEPIDOPTERA; MYTHIMNA SEPARATA; NOCTUIDAE; NUCLEOPOLYHEDROVIRUS; SPODOPTERA LITURA; SPODOPTERA LITURA NPV;

EID: 76449116226     PISSN: 00036862     EISSN: 1347605X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1303/aez.2009.95     Document Type: Article

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