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Main Title Ecologically Acceptable Strategy for the Use of Genetically Engineered Baculovirus Pesticides.
Author Wood, H. A. ; Hughes, P. R. ; van Beek, N. ; Hamblin, M. ;
CORP Author Boyce Thompson Inst. for Plant Research, Ithaca, NY.;Corvallis Environmental Research Lab., OR.
Publisher c1990
Year Published 1990
Report Number EPA/600/A-93/010;
Stock Number PB93-149243
Additional Subjects Pesticides ; Bacteriophages ; Field tests ; Biotechnology ; Environmental impacts ; Hybridization ; Genetic engineering ; Insecticides ; Viruses ; Public health ; Agriculture ; Biological pest control ; Risk assessment
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NTIS  PB93-149243 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
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Abstract
The basis for the first U.S. Environmental Protection Agency approval for the field release of a genetically-engineered virus has been to take advantage of the biological properties of baculovirus in such a way that an engineered virus could possess enhanced pesticidal properties but, at the same time, would pose no environmental or health hazards. The ultimate goal of these investigations is to reduce the agricultural requirement for synthetic chemical pesticides through the development of viral pesticides with enhanced pesticidal properties.