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Evaluation of seven viral isolates as potential biocontrol agents against Pseudoplusia includens (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) caterpillars.
Journal of invertebrate pathology - 1 Sept 2010
Alexandre Talita M, Ribeiro Zilda Maria A, Craveiro Saluana R, Cunha Fabiane, Fonseca Ines Cristina B, Moscardi Flávio, Castro Maria Elita B
Abstract excerpt
The caterpillar Pseudoplusia includens (Walker, 1857) (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae), known as soybean looper, is a pest that has recently assumed greater importance in soybean in Brazil. Isolates of nucleopolyhedroviruses (NPVs) of this pest have been identified from cotton in Guatemala and soybean farms in Brazil, providing an interesting perspective of potential use of viral insecticide against the insect in lieu to...
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