Essays about: "Saki Matsumoto"

Found 1 essay containing the words Saki Matsumoto.

  1. 1. Fatal attraction : do virus-infected cadavers of Spodoptera littoralis larvae attract healthy conspecifics?

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Biosystems and Technology (from 130101)

    Author : Saki Matsumoto; [2015]
    Keywords : Spodoptera littoralis; cannibalism; necrophagy; nucleopolyhedrovirus; horizontal transmission; Baculovirus;

    Abstract : Baculoviruses manipulate insect larval behaviour by inducing increased activity and by enhancing the movement to the top of the host plant. The Spodoptera littoralis nucleopolyhedrovirus (SpliNPV) may have a large impact on larval populations and is currently used as a control method. READ MORE