Occurrence and characterization of a nucleopolyhedrovirus from Spodoptera littoralis (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) isolated in the azores |
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Authors: | Martins T Montiel R Medeiros J Oliveira L Simões N |
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Institution: | CIRN and Departamento de Biologia, Universidade dos Açores, 9501-801 Ponta Delgada (Codex), Açores, Portugal |
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Abstract: | A nucleopolyhedrovirus (SpliMNPV-Az) was isolated from diseased larvae of Spodoptera littoralis, collected at the Island of S. Miguel in Azores. The virulence of this isolate was tested against S. littoralis larvae in laboratory. LD50 against 2nd and 3rd instars were not significantly different, 1.44 × 104, 3.89 × 104 OBs per larvae, respectively, but both were significantly different from that against 4th instar, which was 61.3 × 104 OBs per larvae. The complete codons sequence of SpliMNPV-Az Polh gene obtained was 750 bp (NCBI GenBank Accession No. AY600451). This sequence was compared to other 38 polyhedrin genes from NPVs and to 6 granulin genes from GVs and resulted to be identical to the sequence of a SpliMNPV previously published, thus indicating that the natural host of SpliMNPV-Az must be S. littoralis. Genetic distances estimated from restriction enzymes profiles showed SpliMNPV-Az is close to the Egyptian SpliMNPV type B, despite some degree of genetic divergence suggested by slight differences observed on PstI profile. |
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Keywords: | Baculovirus Polyhedrin Ultrastructure Spodoptera littoralis Spodoptera littoralis nucleopolyhedrosis Virus characterization Virulence |
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