Iridoviruses Biology and ecology of baculoviruses Virus insecticides Spinosad Mosquitoes, blackflies, and ticks Predators, parasitoids, pathogens Others Students

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Baculovirus-based insecticides - the Spodoptera exigua multiple nucleopolyhedrovirus (SeMNPV).

Research topics

  • Biological control of insect pests and vectors of medical importance.

  • Ecology of insect pathogenic viruses, especially baculoviruses and iridoviruses.

  • The use of insect viruses as biological insecticides and more recently, the naturally-derived insecticide, spinosad.

  • Interactions between biopesticides and other insect natural enemies.

  • The biology and ecology of insect natural enemies.

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Bioassay of an invertebrate iridovirus (iridescent virus) in Galleria mellonella larvae.
 

Other activities

  • Ex-coordinator and current member of the study group on Iridoviridae for the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV).

  • Sistema Nacional de Investigadores, Mexico (level III).

  • Fellow of the Royal Entomological Society, London.

  • Member of the Society for Invertebrate Pathology.

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March 2010

 

Clavijo, G., Williams, T., Muñoz, D., Caballero, P. & López-Ferber, M. (2010) Mixed genotype transmission bodies and virions contribute to the maintenance of diversity in an insect virus. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 277: 943-951.

 

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February 2010

 

Simón, O., Williams, T., Possee, R.D., López-Ferber, M. & Caballero, P. (2010) Stability of a Spodoptera frugiperda nucleopolyhedrovirus deletion recombinant during serial passage in insects. Applied & Environmental Microbiology 76, 803-809.

 

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Instituto de Ecología AC (INECOL)

Carretera Antigua a Coatepec 351

Xalapa 91070

Estado de Veracruz

Mexico

 

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E-mail: trevor.williams@inecol.edu.mx

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