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Genotypic variation among Douglas-fir tussock moth nucleopolyhedrovirus (OpNPV) isolates in the western United States.
Journal of invertebrate pathology - 1 Sept 2011
Williams Holly L, Monge-Monge Karolina S, Otvos Imre S, Reardon Richard, Ragenovich Iral
Abstract excerpt
Periodic outbreaks of the Douglas-fir tussock moth (Orgyia pseudotsugata) in forests of western North America generally end with a sudden collapse due primarily to an epizootic caused by a nucleopolyhedrovirus (NPV) that occurs naturally within O. pseudotsugata populations. We genotypically characterized NPV populations from Washington State, Oregon, Idaho, New Mexico and California for the first time. Of 159...
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