Response of gypsy moth larvae to homologous and heterologous nuclear polyhedrosis virus

Kathleen Shields; Edward M. Dougherty

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Response of gypsy moth larvae to homologous and heterologous nuclear polyhedrosis virus

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Kathleen Shields, Edward M. Dougherty

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: 56.

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Abstract

The gypsy moth, Lymantria dispar, is not particularly susceptible to baculoviruses other than the nuclear polyhedrosis virus originally isolated from the species (LdMNPV). The multiple enveloped nuclear polyhedrosis virus of Autographa californica (AcMNPV), a very virulent baculovirus that replicates in a large number of Lepidopteran species, only rarely produces mortality in gypsy moth larvae regardless of the dose ingested.

Parent Publication

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

Citation

Shields, Kathleen S.; Dougherty, Edward M. 1991. Response of gypsy moth larvae to homologous and heterologous nuclear polyhedrosis virus. 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: 56.