Research Article | Published: 01 March 1999

Suppression of NPV infection in the laboratory culture of Poplar DefolIator Clostera cupreata (Lepidoptera: Notodontidae)

Mukhtar Ahmad, R. K. Mishra, M. Jamal Ahmad and Manoj Kumar

Indian Journal of Forestry | Volume: 22 | Issue: 1 | Page No. 53-56 | 1999
DOI: https://doi.org/10.54207/bsmps1000-1999-9840P4 | Cite this article

Abstract

Ultra violet radiation and Sodium hydroxide were tested to suppress the Nuclear PolyhedrosisVirus (NPV) infection in the laboratory culture of poplar defoliator (Clostera cupreata). Exposure under ultraviolet radiation alongwith the treatment of 0.5% aqueous solution of NaOH proved the best to check the infection.

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Ahmad, M., Mishra, R.K., Ahmad, M.J. and Kumar, M., 1999. Suppression of NPV infection in the laboratory culture of Poplar DefolIator Clostera cupreata (Lepidoptera: Notodontidae) . Indian Journal of Forestry, 22(1), pp.53-56. https://doi.org/10.54207/bsmps1000-1999-9840P4

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