The morphology and development of Nosema carpocapsae,a microsporidian pathogen of the codling moth,Cydia pomonella (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) in New Zealand |
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Authors: | LA Malone PJ Wigley |
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Institution: | Department of Zoology, University of Auckland, New Zealand;Entomology Division, Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, Mt. Albert, Auckland, New Zealand |
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Abstract: | The morphology of Nosema carpocapsae and its development in experimentally infected codling moth larvae are described. Spherical uninucleate meronts were the first stages. Nuclear division produced binucleate meronts which were the most abundant vegetative stage, although additional uninucleate and a few tetranucleate meronts were also observed at this time. All meronts were spherical and ranged from 2.8 to 5.8 μm in diameter. Uninucleate and binucleate fusiform sporonts then appeared followed by some tetranucleate and dividing forms. Oval sporoblasts developed after these and did not divide before maturing into spores. Sporonts were approximately 5.0 to 7.9 × 2.4 to 3.0 μm. Spores developed in all host tissues except the nervous tissue. The binucleate spores showed considerable variation in spore size, 2.4 to 3.9 × 1.3 to 3.1 μm (alcohol fixed, Giemsa stained). The polar filament was usually coiled 11 times (range 9 to 13) at an angle of 53° to the long axis of the spore. Its maximum observed length was 75 μm. |
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Keywords: | codling moth Microsporida |
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