United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, National Agroforestry Center
United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service / University of Nebraska-Lincoln: Faculty Publications
Document Type
Patent
Date of this Version
1995
Citation
United States Patent, number 5,462,732 (1995)
Abstract
A virus having the identifying characteristics of ATCC VR2396 is disclosed. This virus has the trait of enhanced polyhedra production stability and resists forming a few polyhedra mutant virus. A method of protecting crops from insects comprising applying an insecticidally effective amount of virus having the identifying characteristics of ATCC VR2396 is also disclosed.