Abstract: The invention is a method for destroying Phthorimaea operculella by causing the Phthorimaea operculella to ingest the baculorirus of the nuclear polyhedrose of the noctuid Mamestra brassicae.
Abstract: The present invention provides a method for the biological fight against the crop ravaging insect, Plutella xylostella, which consists of treating said crops with Mamestra brassicae nuclear polyhedrose and at least one synthetic pyrethrinoid.