Enumeration of insect viruses using microscopic and molecular analyses: South African isolate of cryotophlebia leucotreta granulovirus as a case study

Baculoviruses have been used as biocontrol agents to control insect pests in agriculture since the 1970s. Out of the fifteen virus families known to infect insects, baculoviruses offer the greatest potential as insect biopesticides, due to their high host specificity which makes them extremely safe...

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Main Author: Dhladhla, Busisiwe I R
Other Authors: Dealtry, Gill
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10948/d1008395