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Trevor Williams, página personal en español

 

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

  • 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 (1990-2020).

  • Member of the Society for Invertebrate Pathology.

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August 2024

 

Real-Santillán, R.O., del-Val, E., Williams, T., Martínez-Castillo, A.M., Gavito, M.E., Contreras-Cornejo, H.A., Díaz, T., García-Gómez, G. & Larsen, J. (2024) Water stress decreases the biocontrol efficacy of a nucleopolyhedrovirus against the fall armyworm on maize. Journal of Pest Science 97, 1315–1324.

 

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May 2024

 

Molina-Ruiz, C.S., Zamora-Briseño, J.A., Simón, O., Lasa, R., & Williams, T. (2024) A qPCR assay for the quantification of selected genotypic variants of Spodoptera frugiperda multiple nucleopolyhedrovirus (Baculoviridae). Viruses 16, 881.

 

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Veracruz

Mexico

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E-mail: trevor.inecol@gmail.com

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