Anotker Weapon In The War On Worms

摘要

This virus may hold the key to controlling codling moth. LIKE something out of The Hot Zone, it quickly overcomes every cell, attacking the very building block of life -- DNA. Within 36 hours, the body is little more than a liquefied shell. No, this isn't Ebola or some other tropical disease, but codling moth granulosis virus (CMGV), a weapon in the war against codling moth. The virus only affects codling moths and closely related species. After 14 years of testing, CMGV received U.S. EPA registration in 1995 and is currently available for use in Washington state, Oregon, and other states on apples, pears, walnuts, and plums, The virus is also used in Europe and New Zealand.