A Multiplex Real-Time PCR Assay to Diagnose and Separate Helicoverpa armigera and H. zea (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) in the New World

The Old World bollworm, Helicoverpa armigera (Hübner), and the corn earworm, H. zea (Boddie), are two of the most important agricultural pests in the world. Diagnosing these two species is difficult—adults can only be separated with a complex dissection, and larvae cannot be identified to species us...

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Main Authors: Gilligan, Todd M., Tembrock, Luke R., Farris, Roxanne E., Barr, Norman B., van der Straten, Marja J., van de Vossenberg, Bart T. L. H., Metz-Verschure, Eveline
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2015
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4641610/