Beneficial insect virus gets boost as crop pest fighter

Monday, March 30, 2015 - 08:00 in Biology & Nature

Common baking ingredients may offer a way to bolster the effectiveness of Cydia pomonella granulovirus (CpGV), a natural insect pathogen that's been commercially formulated to kill codling moth larvae, a pest of apple, pear, walnut, and other orchard crops.

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