Uses & effectiveness

From Baculoviruses

• Zlotkin et al & Darbon et al.
  • 1971, 1982
  • Scorpion venom protein, AaIT, is potent insect neurotoxin

• Bishop
  • 1986
  • UK release of genetically marked virus

• Carbonell et al, Zuidema et al. & Maeda
  • 1988 - 1989
  • First attempts at recombinant baculovirus insecticides

• Woods et al.
  • 1994
  • US release of genetically altered virus

• Martens
  • Comparison of baculovirus insecticides