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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 the biorational 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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January 2012

 

Simón, O., Palma, L., Williams, T., López-Ferber, M. & Caballero, P. (2012) Analysis of a naturally-occurring deletion mutant of Spodoptera frugiperda multiple nucleopolyhedrovirus reveals sf58 as a new per os infectivity factor of lepidopteran-infecting baculoviruses. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology 109, 117-126.

 

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January 2012

 

Jancovich, J.K., Chinchar, V.G., Hyatt, A., Miyazaki, T., Williams, T. & Zhang, Q.Y. (2012) Family Iridoviridae. pp. 193-210. In: Virus Taxonomy: Ninth Report of the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses. Eds. A.M.Q. King, M.J. Adams, E.B. Carstens, E.J. Lefkowitz. Elsevier, San Diego, CA. ISBN 978-0-12-384684-6.

 

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