Exploring sub-lethal effects of exposure to a nucleopolyhedrovirus in the speckled wood (Pararge aegeria) butterfly

Journal of Invertebrate Pathology

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 165-168

  Hesketh, Helen ^a   Gibbs, Melanie ^a,b   Breuker, Casper J ^c   Van Dyck, Hans ^b   Turner, Emma ^a   Hails, Rosemary S ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b EARTH AND LIFE INSTITUTE   (Belgium)

^c OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Baculovirus; Development time; Pararge aegeria; Sub lethal; Wing morphology

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; BUTTERFLY; DNA VIRUS INFECTION; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; LARVA; LONGEVITY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYHEDROSIS VIRUS; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; BUTTERFLIES; DNA VIRUS INFECTIONS; FEMALE; LARVA; LONGEVITY; MALE; NUCLEOPOLYHEDROVIRUS; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL;

AUTOGRAPHA CALIFORNICA; AUTOGRAPHA CALIFORNICA NUCLEOPOLYHEDROVIRUS; NUCLEOPOLYHEDROVIRUS; PARARGE AEGERIA;

EID: 84855205889     PISSN: 00222011     EISSN: 10960805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jip.2011.10.013     Document Type: Article

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