title: Inactivation of nuclear polyhedrosis virus (Baculovirus subgroup A) by monochromatic UV radiation.
abstract: Monochromatic radiation at wavelengths of 290, 300, 310, and 320 nm inactivated occluded nuclear polyhedrosis virus of the Douglas-fir tussock moth, Orgyia pseudotsugata (McDunnough). Data indicate that all of the wavelengths are capable of causing virus inactivation; much greater fluences are needed for virus inactivation as the wavelength increases.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D007304:Insect Viruses / Q000528:radiation effects*; D007915:Lepidoptera / Q000382:microbiology*; D009036:Moths / Q000382:microbiology*; D010572:Pest Control, Biological; D014466:Ultraviolet Rays