Detection of Lymantria dispar nuclear polyhedrosis virus in infected larvae using a DNA hybridization assay

J. P. Burand; S. T. Keating; J. S. Elkinton

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Detection of Lymantria dispar nuclear polyhedrosis virus in infected larvae using a DNA hybridization assay

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Authors:

J. P. Burand, S. T. Keating, J. S. Elkinton

Year:

1991

Type:

General Technical Report

Station:

Northern Research Station

Source:

IN: Gottschalk, Kurt W.; Twery, Mark J.; Smith, Shirley I., eds. Proceedings, U.S. Department of Agriculture interagency gypsy moth research review 1990; East Windsor, CT. Gen. Tech. Rep. NE-146. Radnor, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station: 57.

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Abstract

The incidence of nuclear polyhedrosis virus in gypsy moth populations is currently measured by rearing field-collected larvae until death.

Parent Publication

Proceedings, U. S. Department of Agriculture interagency gypsy moth research review 1990

Citation

Burand, J. P.; Keating, S. T.; Elkinton, J. S. 1991. Detection of Lymantria dispar nuclear polyhedrosis virus in infected larvae using a DNA hybridization assay. IN: Gottschalk, Kurt W.; Twery, Mark J.; Smith, Shirley I., eds. Proceedings, U.S. Department of Agriculture interagency gypsy moth research review 1990; East Windsor, CT. Gen. Tech. Rep. NE-146. Radnor, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station: 57.