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Interactions between an injected polydnavirus and per os baculovirus in gypsy moth larvae

Formally Refereed

Abstract

Larval gypsy moths, Lymantria dispar (Lepidoptera:Lymantriidae) were co-infected with the L. dispar nucleopolyhedrovirus (LdMNPV) and the Cotesia melanoscela (Hymenoptera:Braconidae) polydnavirus (CmeBV). CmeBV was given along with a parasitoid egg and calyx products in a stinging event, or in the form of an injection of calyx-derived extract. LdMNPV was delivered per os, integrated into artificial diet. Mortality from all sources was recorded over the subsequent three-week period. Neither parasitism nor injections of purified CmeBV with toxin had any effect on the amount of mortality caused by concurrent challenges with LdMNPV.

Keywords

Polydnavirus, Baculovirus, LdMNPV, Lymantria dispar, Insect immunity, CmeBV

Citation

D'Amico, V.; Podgwaite, J.D.; Zerillo, R.; Taylor, P.; Fuester, R. 2013. Interactions between an injected polydnavirus and per os baculovirus in gypsy moth larvae. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology. 114(2): 158-160.
Citations
https://www.fs.usda.gov/research/treesearch/49401