Genetic variation and virulence of nucleopolyhedroviruses isolated worldwide from the heliothine pests Helicoverpa armigera, Helicoverpa zea, and Heliothis virescens

Journal of Invertebrate Pathology

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 112-126

  Rowley, Daniel L ^a   Popham, Holly J R ^b   Harrison, Robert L ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Baculovirus; Biological control; Corn earworm; Helicoverpa armigera (H bner); Helicoverpa zea (Boddie); Heliothis virescens (Fabricius); Nucleopolyhedrovirus; Tobacco budworm

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LARVA; LEPIDOPTERA; LONGEVITY; METHODOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PHYLOGENY; POLYHEDROSIS VIRUS; VIROLOGY; VIRULENCE; VIRUS INTERFERENCE;

ANIMALS; DNA, VIRAL; GENETIC VARIATION; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; LARVA; LEPIDOPTERA; LONGEVITY; NUCLEOPOLYHEDROVIRUS; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VIRAL INTERFERENCE; VIRULENCE;

AUTOGRAPHA CALIFORNICA; AUTOGRAPHA CALIFORNICA MNPV; AUTOGRAPHA CALIFORNICA NUCLEOPOLYHEDROVIRUS; BACULOVIRIDAE; HELICOVERPA ARMIGERA; HELICOVERPA ZEA; HELICOVERPA ZEA SNPV; HELIOTHIS VIRESCENS; HEXAPODA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; NUCLEOPOLYHEDROVIRUS;

EID: 79955892102     PISSN: 00222011     EISSN: 10960805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jip.2011.03.007     Document Type: Article

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