Wolbachia in a major African crop pest increases susceptibility to viral disease rather than protects

Ecology Letters

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 993-1000

  Graham, Robert I ^a   Grzywacz, David ^b   Mushobozi, Wilfred L ^c   Wilson, Kenneth ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

^c Eco Agri Consultancy Services Ltd   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

African armyworm; Arthropod; Baculovirus; Insect outbreak; Male killing; Nucleopolyhedrovirus; Parasite; Spodoptera; Symbiosis; Wolbachia

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPODA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HEXAPODA; NUCLEOPOLYHEDROVIRUS; SPODOPTERA; SPODOPTERA EXEMPTA; WOLBACHIA;

EID: 84931748962     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2012.01820.x     Document Type: Article

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