Baculovirus infection triggers a positive phototactic response in caterpillars to induce 'tree-top' disease

Biology Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 2014, Pages

  Van Houte, Stineke ^a,b   Van Oers, Monique M ^a   Han, Yue ^a   Vlak, Just M ^a   Ros, Vera I D ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Baculovirus; Behavioural manipulation; Caterpillars; Parasitic manipulation; Phototaxis; Tree top disease

Indexed keywords

NUCLEOPOLYHEDROVIRUS; SPODOPTERA EXIGUA; SPODOPTERA EXIGUA MNPV;

ANIMAL; BACULOVIRIDAE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LEPIDOPTERA; LIGHT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; VIROLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION;

ANIMALS; BACULOVIRIDAE; LEPIDOPTERA; LIGHT; VIRUS DISEASES;

EID: 84938510859     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2014.0680     Document Type: Article

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