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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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September 2015

 

Rebolledo, D., Lasa, R., Guevara, R., Murillo, R., & Williams, T. (2015) Baculovirus-induced climbing behavior favors intraspecific necrophagy and efficient disease transmission in Spodoptera exigua. PLOS One 10: e0136742.

 

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November 2015

 

Simón, O., Bernal, A., Williams, T., Carnero, A., Hernández-Suárez, E., Muñoz, D. & Caballero, P. (2015) Efficacy of an alphabaculovirus-based biological insecticide for control of Chrysodeixis chalcites (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) on tomato and banana crops. Pest Management Science 71, 1623–1630.

 

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