Current status of genetically modified baculovirus insecticide for pest control

• Main Authors: Muhammad Azharuddin Azali,, Salmah Mohamed,, Azian Harun,, Shaharum Shamsuddin,, Muhammad Farid Johan,
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2022
• Online Access: http://journalarticle.ukm.my/19137/1/11.pdf; http://journalarticle.ukm.my/19137/; https://www.ukm.my/jsm/malay_journals/jilid51bil2_2022/KandunganJilid51Bil2_2022.html

Baculovirus is an insect specific virus which is harmless to human. This feature has made it suitable to be applied as biopesticide. It has been used to control the insect pest particularly in agriculture sector for half a century and several success stories have been shared. Nevertheless, this inse...