Article
Occlusion body pathogenicity, virulence and productivity traits vary with transmission strategy in a nucleopolyhedrovirus
2011-02-01
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The prevalence of sublethal infections of Spodoptera exigua multiple nucleopolyhedrovirus (SeMNPV) was quantified in natural populations of S. exigua in Almería, Spain, during 2006 and 2007. Of 1045 adults collected, 167 (16.1%) proved positive for viral polyhedrin gene transcripts by RT-PCR. The prevalence of covert infection varied significantly according to sex and sample date. Of 1660 progeny of field-collecte...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 3df3ca7e-c04a-5865-900f-59453305a14d
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- 10.1016/j.biocontrol.2010.10.007
