Interaction Between Neoaplectana carpocapsae and a Granulosis Virus of the Armyworm. Pseudaletia unipuncta

Authors

  • Harry K. Kaya
  • Mary Anne Brayton

Abstract

Neoaplectaua carpocapsae developed and reproduced in armyworm hosts infected with a granulosis virus (GV). Macerated tissues of dauer juveniles from GV-infecled hosts had sufficient GV to infect 1st and 2nd instar armyworms. Electron-microscope examination of dauer juveniles and adult female nematodes confirmed the presence of GV in the lumen of the intestine. No GV was observed in other tissues of the nematode. Key Words: DD-136 nematode, nematode-insect virus interaction, insect virus, Baculovirus.

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1978-10-15

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