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Publications on Virus Insecticides (back to Trevor Williams homepage) | |||||||||
Bourner, T.C., Vargas-Osuna, E., Williams, T., Santiago-Alvarez, C. & Cory, J.S. (1992) A comparison of the efficacy of nuclear polyhedrosis virus and granulosis virus in spray and bait formulations for the control of Agrotis segetum in maize. Biocontrol Science & Technology 2, 315-326. | |||||
Cory, J.S., Hirst, M.L., Williams, T., Hails, R.S., Goulson, D., Green, B.M., Carty, T.M., Possee, R.D., Cayley, P.J. & Bishop, D.H.L. (1994) First field trial of a genetically improved baculovirus insecticide. Nature 370, 138-140. | |||||
Williams, T., Goulson, D., Caballero, P., Cisneros, J., Martínez, A.M., Chapman, J.W., Roman, D.X. & Cave, R.D. (1999) Evaluation of a baculovirus bioinsecticide for small scale maize growers in Latin America. Biological Control 14, 67-75. | |||||
Escribano, A., Williams, T., Goulson, D., Cave, R.D., Chapman, J.W., & Caballero, P. (1999) Selection of a nucleopolyhedrovirus for control of Spodoptera frugiperda (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae): structural, genetic and biological comparison of four isolates from the Americas. Journal of Economic Entomology 92, 1079-1085. | |||||
Martínez, A.M., Goulson, D., Chapman, J.W., Caballero, P., Cave, R.D. & Williams, T. (2000) Is is feasible to use optical brightener technology with a baculovirus bioinsecticide for resource-poor maize farmers in Mesoamerica? Biological Control 17, 174-181. | |||||
Goulson, D., Martínez, A.M., Hughes, W.O.H. & Williams, T. (2000) Effects of optical brighteners used in biopesticide formulations on the behavior of pollinators. Biological Control 19, 232-236. | |||||
Caballero, P., Williams, T. & López-Ferber, M. (2001) Estructura y taxonomía de los baculovirus. En: Los baculovirus y sus aplicaciones como bioinsecticidas en el control biológico de plagas. Caballero, P., López-Ferber, M. & Williams, T. (eds.), pp. 15-46. Phytoma S.A., Valencia, España. |
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Williams, T. & Cisneros, J. (2001) Formulación y aplicación de los baculovirus bioinsecticidas. En: Los baculovirus y sus aplicaciones como bioinsecticidas en el control biológico de plagas. Caballero, P., López-Ferber, M. & Williams, T. (eds.), pp. 313-372. Phytoma S.A., Valencia, España. |
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Cherry, A. & Williams, T. (2001) Control de insectos plaga mediante los baculovirus. En: Los baculovirus y sus aplicaciones como bioinsecticidas en el control biológico de plagas. Caballero, P., López-Ferber, M. & Williams, T. (eds.), pp. 389-450. Phytoma S.A., Valencia, España. |
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Caballero, P., López-Ferber, M. & Williams, T. (Editors) (2001) Los baculovirus y sus aplicaciones como bioinsecticidas en el control biológico de plagas. pp. 518. Phytoma S.A., Valencia, España (ISBN: 84-932056-0-5). |
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Williams, T. (2002) Diseño y aplicación de los bioinsecticidas basados en baculovirus. Phytoma 144, 24-27. | |||||
Cisneros, J., Pérez, J.A., Penagos, D.I., Ruiz V., J., Goulson, D., Caballero, P., Cave, R.D. & Williams, T. (2002) Formulation of a nucleopolyhedrovirus with boric acid for control of Spodoptera frugiperda (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) in maize. Biological Control 23, 87-95. | |||||
Castillejos, V., Trujillo, J., Ortega, L.D., Santizo, J.A., Cisneros, J., Penagos, D.I., Valle, J. & Williams, T. (2002) Granular phagostimulant nucleopolyhedrovirus formulations for control of Spodoptera frugiperda in maize. Biological Control 24, 300-310. | |||||
Méndez, W.A., Valle, J., Ibarra, J.E., Cisneros, J., Penagos, D.I. & Williams, T. (2002) Spinosad and nucleopolyhedrovirus mixtures for control of Spodoptera frugiperda (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) in maize. Biological Control 25, 195-206. | |||||
Goulson, D., Derwent, L.C., Penagos, D.I., & Williams, T. (2003) Effects of optical brighteners included in biopesticide formulations on the growth of crops. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment 95, 235 - 240. | |||||
Armenta, R., Martínez, A.M., Chapman, J.W., Magallanes, R., Goulson, D. Caballero, P., Cave, R.D., Cisneros, J., Valle, J., Castillejos, V., Penagos D.I., García, L.F., & Williams, T. (2003) Impact of a nucleopolyhedrovirus bioinsecticide and selected synthetic insecticides on the abundance of insect natural enemies on maize in Southern Mexico. Journal of Economic Entomology 96, 649-661. | |||||
Martínez, A.M., Simón, O., Williams, T., & Caballero, P. (2003) Effect of optical brighteners on the insecticidal activity of a nucleopolyhedrovirus in three instars of Spodoptera frugiperda. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 109, 139-146. | |||||
Murillo, R., Lasa, R., Goulson, D., Williams, T., Muñoz, D. & Caballero, P. (2003) Effect of Tinopal LPW on the insecticidal properties and genetic stability of the nucleopolyhedrovirus of Spodoptera exigua (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). Journal of Economic Entomology 96, 1668-1674. | |||||
Martínez, A.M., Caballero, P. & Williams, T. (2004) Effects of an optical brightener on the development, body weight and sex ratio of Spodoptera frugiperda (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). Biocontrol Science & Technology 14, 193-200. | |||||
Martínez, A.M., Caballero, P., Villanueva, M., Miralles, N., San Martín, I., López, E. & Williams, T. (2004) Formulation with an optical brightener does not increase probability of developing resistance to Spodoptera frugiperda nucleopolyhedrovirus in the laboratory. Journal of Economic Entomology 97, 1202 - 1208. | |||||
Lasa, R., Ruiz-Portero, C., Alcázar, M.D., Belda, J.E., Caballero, P., & Williams, T. (2007) Efficacy of optical brightener formulations of Spodoptera exigua multiple nucleopolyhedrovirus (SeMNPV) as a biological insecticide in greenhouses in southern Spain. Biological Control 40, 89-96. | |||||
Lasa, R., Pagola, I., Ibañez, I., Belda, J.E., Williams, T. & Caballero, P. (2007) Efficacy of Spodoptera exigua multiple nucleopolyhedrovirus as a biological insecticide for beet armyworm control in greenhouses of southern Spain. Biocontrol Science & Technology 17, 221 - 232. | |||||
Lasa, R., Caballero, P. & Williams, T. (2007) Juvenile hormone analogs greatly improve the production of a nucleopolyhedrovirus. Biological Control 41, 389-396. | |||||
Lasa, R., Williams, T. & Caballero, P. (2008) Insecticidal properties and microbial contaminants in a Spodoptera exigua multiple nucleopolyhedrovirus (SeMNPV, Baculoviridae) formulation stored at different temperatures. Journal of Economic Entomology 101, 42-49. | |||||
Caballero, P. & Williams, T. (2008) Virus Entomopatógenos. En: Control Biológico de Plagas Agrícolas, (Eds. J.A. Jacas y A. Urbaneja), Fascículo número 04, Phytoma, España, noviembre - diciembre de 2008, pp. 121-136. | |||||
Simón, O., Williams, T., López-Ferber, M., Taulemesse, J.M. & Caballero, P. (2008) Population genetic structure determines the speed of kill and occlusion body production in Spodoptera frugiperda multiple nucleopolyhedrovirus. Biological Control 44, 321-330. | |||||
Lasa, R., Moreno, I., Caballero, P., & Williams, T. (2009) Application of juvenile hormone analogue and optical brightener technologies to the production of Spodoptera frugiperda multiple nucleopolyhedrovirus. IOBC/Wprs Bulletin 45, 153-156. | |||||
Lasa, R., Williams, T., & Caballero, P. (2009) The attractiveness of phagostimulant formulations of a nucleopolyhedrovirus-based insecticide depends on prior insect diet. Journal of Pest Science 82, 247-250. | |||||
Caballero, P., Murillo, R., Muñoz, D. & Williams, T. (2009) El nucleopoliedrovirus de Spodoptera exigua (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) como bioplaguicida: un análisis de avances recientes en España. Revista Colombiana de Entomología 35, 105-115. | |||||
Elvira, S., Gorría, N, Muñoz, D., Williams, T., Caballero, P. (2010) A simplified low-cost diet for rearing Spodoptera exigua (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) and its effect on S. exigua nucleopolyhedrovirus production. Journal of Economic Entomology 103, 17-24. | |||||
Elvira, S., Williams, T. & Caballero, P. (2010) Juvenile hormone analog technology: effects on larval cannibalism and the production of Spodoptera exigua (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) nucleopolyhedrovirus. Journal of Economic Entomology 103, 577-582. | |||||
Barrera, G., Simón, O., Villamizar, L., Williams, T., & Caballero, P. (2011) Spodoptera frugiperda multiple nucleopolyhedrovirus as a potential biological insecticide: genetic and phenotypic comparison of field isolates from Colombia. Biological Control 58, 113–120. | |||||
Elvira, S., Ibargutxi, M.A., Gorria, N., Muñoz, D., Caballero, P. & Williams, T. (2013) Insecticidal characteristics of two commercial Spodoptera exigua nucleopolyhedrovirus strains produced on different host colonies. Journal of Economic Entomology 106, 50-56. | |||||
Bernal, A., Williams, T., Hernández-Suárez, E., Carnero, A., Caballero, P., & Simón, O. (2013) A native variant of Chrysodeixis chalcites nucleopolyhedrovirus: The basis for a promising bioinsecticide for control of C. chalcites on Canary Islands’ banana crops. Biological Control 67, 101-110. | |||||
Bernal, A., Simón, O., Williams, T. & Caballero, P. (2014) Stage-specific insecticidal characteristics of a nucleopolyhedrovirus isolate from Chrysodeixis chalcites enhanced by optical brighteners. Pest Management Science 70, 798–804. | |||||
Arrizubieta, M., Williams, T., Caballero, P. & Simón, O. (2014) Selection of a nucleopolyhedrovirus isolate from Helicoverpa armigera as the basis for a biological insecticide. Pest Management Science 70, 967-976. | |||||
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. | |||||
Arrizubieta, M., Simón, O., Torres-Vila, L.M., Figueiredo, E., Mendiola, J., Mexia, A., Caballero, P. & Williams, T. (2016) Insecticidal efficacy and persistence of a co-occluded binary mixture of Helicoverpa armigera nucleopolyhedrovirus (HearNPV) variants in protected and field-grown tomato crops on the Iberian peninsula. Pest Management Science 72, 660-670. | |||||
Arrizubieta, M., Simón, O., Williams, T. & Caballero, P. (2016) Determinant factors in the production of a co-occluded binary mixture of Helicoverpa armigera alphabaculovirus (HearNPV) genotypes with desirable insecticidal characteristics. PLoS ONE 11, e0164486. | |||||
Fuentes, E.G., Hernández-Suárez, E., Simón, O., Williams, T., Caballero, P. (2017) Chrysodeixis chalcites nucleopolyhedrovirus (ChchNPV): natural occurrence and efficacy as a biological insecticide on young banana plants in greenhouse and open-field conditions on the Canary Islands. PLoS ONE 12, e0181384. | |||||
Bernal, A., Simón, O., Williams, T., Muñoz, D., & Caballero, P. (2018) Remarkably efficient production of a highly insecticidal Chrysodeixis chalcites nucleopolyhedrovirus (ChchNPV) isolate in its homologous host. Pest Management Science 74, 1586-1592. | |||||
Del-Angel, C., Lasa, R., Mercado, G. Rodríguez-del-Bosque, L.A. Caballero, P. & Williams, T. (2018) Acquisition of lethal infection, hypermobility and modified climbing behavior in nucleopolyhedrovirus infected larvae of Anticarsia gemmatalis. Biological Control 125, 90–97. | |||||
Del-Angel, C., Lasa, R., Rodríguez-del-Bosque, L.A., Mercado, G., Beperet, I., Caballero, P., & Williams, T. (2018) Anticarsia gemmatalis nucleopolyhedrovirus from soybean crops in Tamaulipas, Mexico: diversity and insecticidal characteristics of individual variants and their co-occluded mixtures. Florida Entomologist 101, 404-410. | |||||
Beperet, I., Simón, O., López-Ferber, M., van Lent, J., Williams, T., & Caballero, P. (2021) Mixtures of insect pathogenic viruses in a single virion: towards the development of custom designed insecticides. Applied & Environmental Microbiology 87, e02180-20A. | |||||
Williams, T., López-Ferber, M. & Caballero, P. (2022) Nucleopolyhedrovirus coocclusion technology: a new concept in the development of biological insecticides. Frontiers in Microbiology, 12, 810026. | |||||
Arrizubieta, M., Simón, O., Ricarte-Bermejo, A., López-Ferber, M., Williams, T. & Caballero, P. (2022) Coocclusion of Helicoverpa armigera single nucleopolyhedrovirus (HearSNPV) and Helicoverpa armigera multiple nucleopolyhedrovirus (HearMNPV): pathogenicity and stability in homologous and heterologous hosts. Viruses 14, 687. | |||||
Velasco, E.A., Molina-Ruíz, C.S., Gómez-Díaz, J.S. & Williams, T. (2022) Properties of nucleopolyhedrovirus occlusion bodies from living and virus-killed larvae of Spodoptera frugiperda (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). Biological Control 174, 105008.
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