The occurrence of nucleopolyhedrovirus infecting Hyposidra talaca (Geometridae: Lepidoptera), a tea defoliator from North-East India |
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| Authors: | Palatty Allesh Sinu Binu Antony Sadhan Mallick |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Tea Research Association, North Bengal Regional R&2. D Centre , Jalpaiguri District , West Bengal , 735 225 , India;3. Tea Research Association, Tocklai Experimental Station , Jorhat , Assam – 785 008 , India |
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| Abstract: | We identified the nucleopolyhedrovirus (HytaNPV), specific to Hyposidra talaca, a major defoliator of tea in India by partial amplification of polyhedrin gene. The sequence analysis revealed HytaNPV is closely related to NPVs that infect Buzura suppressaria and Ectropis obliqua, in China. |
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| Keywords: | Hyposidra talaca looper caterpillar NPV PCR tea pest North-East India |
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