Biological control agent
1998
Rhodes, D.J. | Guest, P.J. | Blenk, R.G.
This invention relates to a previously unisolated and unidentified strain of an entomopathogenic virus and to biological control agents comprising it and to its replication and use in the control of insect pests. A new strain of singly-embedded Heliothis zea nuclear polyhedrosis virus (Hz SNPV) is described, deposited in the European Collection of Animal Cell Cultures under the accession number of V93071301. The virus may be used for control of pest species such as species of the genera Heliothis and Helicoverpa, for example when formulated as an agricultural spray
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