Virus efficacy of recombined autographa californica M nucleopolyhedrovirus (AcMNPV) on tea pest Ectropis obliqua

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 9, Issue 33, 2010, Pages 5412-5418

  Liang, Yue Rong ^a   Lin, Chen ^a   Wang, Xun Lei ^a   Ye, Jian Hui ^a   Lu, Jian Liang ^b  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b AGRO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION INSTITUTE   (China)

Author keywords

Baculovirus; Chitin synthase; Double stranded RNA interference; Ectropis obliqua

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED RNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUTOGRAPHA CALIFORNICA; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; CHITIN SYNTHASE GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECTROPIS OBLIQUA; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; HOST CELL; INSECT; INSECT CONTROL; INSECT GENETICS; LARVAL STAGE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYHEDROSIS VIRUS; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA TRANSLATION; VIRUS REPLICATION; VIRUS VIRULENCE;

AUTOGRAPHA CALIFORNICA; AUTOGRAPHA CALIFORNICA NUCLEOPOLYHEDROVIRUS; ECTROPIS OBLIQUA; NUCLEOPOLYHEDROVIRUS;

EID: 80052315115     PISSN: 16845315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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