Granulosis Virus of the Indian Meal Moth as a Protectant for Stored Inshell Almonds1
- 1 August 1977
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Journal of Economic Entomology
- Vol. 70 (4) , 493-494
- https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/70.4.493
Abstract
An aqueous suspension of a granulosis virus (GV) from Plodia interpunctella (Hübner) controlled P. interpunctella in stored inshell ‘Nonpareil’ almonds for 134 days. As a result, feeding damage to the treated nuts was substantially reduced, and the percentage of rejects was decreased by as much as 88%. Virus suspension stored at −80°C for 18 months lost no activity.This publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: