Iridovirus in the root weevil Diaprepes abbreviatus

Invertebrate iridescent virus 6 (IIV6) was evaluated for mode of transmission and ability to cause infection in the root weevil, Diaprepes abbreviatus (L.). This is the first evidence of IIV6 infection in D. abbreviatus, which caused both patent and sub-lethal covert infections in both larvae and ad...

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Main Authors: W.B. Hunter, S.L. Lapointe, X.H. Sinisterra, D.S. Achor, C.J. Funk
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Oxford University Press 2003-04-01
Series:Journal of Insect Science
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Online Access:http://www.insectscience.org/3.9/