Replication and inclusion body characteristics of two Lymantria dispar nuclear polyhedrosis virus plaque variants

Jim Slavicek; Carita Lanner-Herrera; Nancy L. Hayes-Plazolles; Mary Ellen Kelly; Martha Fikes

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Replication and inclusion body characteristics of two Lymantria dispar nuclear polyhedrosis virus plaque variants

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Authors:

Jim Slavicek, Carita Lanner-Herrera, Nancy L. Hayes-Plazolles, Mary Ellen Kelly, Martha Fikes

Year:

1991

Type:

General Technical Report

Station:

Northern Research Station

Source:

IN: Gottschalk, Kurt W.; Twery, Mark J.; Smith, Shirley I., eds. Proceedings, U.S. Department of Agriculture interagency gypsy moth research review 1990; East Windsor, CT. Gen. Tech. Rep. NE-146. Radnor, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station: 54.

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Abstract

Propagation of Autographa californica nuclear polyhedrosis virus in cell culture results in the generation of a mutant virus, termed few polyhedra. This plaque variant is characterized by a high budded virus titer, the formation of few polyhedral inclusion bodies (PIBs), and the production of PIBs exhibiting a low potency against its natural host. The isolation and study of a few polyhedra variant of Lymantria dispar nuclear polyhedrosis virus (LdNPV) could lead to a means of enhancing viral potency against the gypsy moth.

Parent Publication

Proceedings, U. S. Department of Agriculture interagency gypsy moth research review 1990

Citation

Slavicek, James M.; Lanner-Herrera, Carita; Hayes-Plazolles, Nancy; Kelly, Mary Ellen; Fikes, Martha. 1991. Replication and inclusion body characteristics of two Lymantria dispar nuclear polyhedrosis virus plaque variants. IN: Gottschalk, Kurt W.; Twery, Mark J.; Smith, Shirley I., eds. Proceedings, U.S. Department of Agriculture interagency gypsy moth research review 1990; East Windsor, CT. Gen. Tech. Rep. NE-146. Radnor, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station: 54.