Entomopathogenic viruses and their potential use in forest pest control in Latvia | Entomopatogēnie vīrusi un to izmantošanas perspektīvas meža kaitēkļu savairošanās ierobežošanai Latvijā
2010
Zarins, I., University of Latvia, Salaspils (Latvia). Inst. of Biology | Jankevica, L., University of Latvia, Salaspils (Latvia). Inst. of Biology
Problems of pest control, including the development of microbiological methods for forest protection, have been studied at the Institute of Biology for many years, and recently (1996; 2008) also twice in cooperation with the Latvian State Forest Research Institute Silava and the Latvian University of Agriculture. The aim was to gain new knowledge on insect viruses and clarify their role in regulating pest populations. The main tasks were to monitor significant forest pest populations, describe population outbreaks, and obtain new virus isolates resulting from different stress factors and describe their morphological, biological and physico-chemical properties; describe the persistence of viruses in pest populations and ecosystems; develop experimental strains with high virulence and multiply these strains; develop novel viral insecticide preparations and test their efficacy and assess perspectives for use in pest control.
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