Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (30330070), the High Technology Research and Development Programme of China (2003AA214050) and the Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province (Z2003D04). Received on June 13, 2006
In order to develop a more efficient virus for controlling the cotton bollworm Helicoverpa armigera, Helicoverpa hormone receptor 3 (HHR3), which is involved in the ecdysteroid regulatory pathway, was used to geneti...