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ACCORDING to Steinhaus1, Mally2 may have been the first to mention in 1891 a wilt disease in Heliothis armigera (Hbn.). Later reports of this disease came from Glaser and Chapman3, Parsons4, and Stahler5. Because of the economic importance of this insect and the possible use of the virus for control purposes it was decided to investigate the causative agent.
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Steinhaus, E. A., “Principles of Insect Pathology”, 470 (McGraw-Hill Book Co., New York, 1949).
Mally, F. W., U.S.D.A. Div. Entom. Bull., 24, 48 (1891).
Glaser, R. W., and Chapman, J. W., J. Econ. Entom., 8, 140 (1915).
Parsons, F. S., Progr. Reports Expt. Stations Season 1934–35. London, Empire Cotton Growing Corp., quoted from Rev. App. Entom., 24, 279 (1936).
Stahler, N., J. Econ. Entom., 32, 151 (1939).
Bergold, G. H., Z. Naturforsch., 2, b, 122 (1947).
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BERGOLD, G., RIPPER, W. The Polyhedral Virus of Heliothis armigera (Hbn.) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). Nature 180, 764–765 (1957). https://doi.org/10.1038/180764a0
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