The development and use of entomopathogens as classical, conservation and augmentative
biological control agents have included a number of successes and some setbacks in the …

Recent evidence from genome sequence analyses demands a substantial revision of the
taxonomy and classification of the family Baculoviridae. Comparisons of 29 baculovirus …

Shrimp aquaculture has grown rapidly over several decades to become a major global
industry that serves the increasing consumer demand for seafood and has contributed …

Se señala el uso indiscriminado de los plaguicidas sintéticos y los problemas que causan
para la salud humana, la agricultura y el medio ambiente, y se presentan aspectos …

Insect-derived baculoviruses have emerged as versatile and safe workhorses of
biotechnology. Baculovirus expression vectors (BEVs) have been applied widely for crop …

PCR amplification of the highly conserved baculovirus genes late expression factor 8 (lef-8),
late expression factor 9 (lef-9) and polyhedrin/granulin (polh/gran) combined with molecular …

Baculoviruses pesticides are ideal tools in integrated pest management programs as they
are usually highly specific to their host insects; thus, they do not affect other arthropods …

Loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) allows rapid amplification of nucleic acids
under isothermal conditions using a set of four specifically designed primers that recognize …

Entry of the budded virus form of baculoviruses into insect and mammalian cells is generally
thought to occur through a low-pH-dependent endocytosis pathway, possibly through …

The practice and development of the culture of commercially important penaeid shrimp
results in the occurrence of infectious and non-infectious diseases worldwide. Most of the …