Insect viruses

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Authors: Linda Mahaffey and Whitney Cranshaw, Colorado State University

The commercial availability of viruses to control insects is new and they do not yet appear to be distributed through the sources of this survey. However, they can be acquired by direct contact of the manufacturers. Two present manufacturers include Certis USA (http://www.certisusa.com) and BioTEPP (http://www.biotepp.com) and three viruses are distributed. All are allowed for use in certified organic production (OMRI listed).

Codling moth Granulosis virus: CYD-X (Certis USA), Virosoft (BioTEPP) NPV virus of Heliothis/Helicoverpa: Gemstar LC (Certis USA) NPV virus of Spodoptera: Spod-X (Certis USA)