High levels of genetic diversity in Spodoptera exempta NPV from Tanzania

Journal of Invertebrate Pathology

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 190-193

  Redman, Elizabeth M ^a,b   Wilson, Kenneth ^c   Grzywacz, David ^d   Cory, Jenny S ^a,e  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

^e SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Armyworm; Baculovirus; Genetic diversity; Lepidoptera; Nucleopolyhedrovirus; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

ANIMAL; ARMYWORM; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; CLASSIFICATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; POLYHEDROSIS VIRUS; RESTRICTION MAPPING; TANZANIA; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; DNA, VIRAL; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; NUCLEOPOLYHEDROVIRUS; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SPODOPTERA; TANZANIA;

LEPIDOPTERA; NUCLEOPOLYHEDROVIRUS; SPODOPTERA EXEMPTA;

EID: 77956184904     PISSN: 00222011     EISSN: 10960805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jip.2010.06.008     Document Type: Article

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