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Yield, biological activity, and field performance of a wild-type Helicoverpa nucleopolyhedrovirus produced in H. zea cell cultures
Authors:Chakraborty S  Monsour C  Teakle R  Reid S
Institution:Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Queensland, Australia.
Abstract:This paper reports studies of the in vitro production of a virus from Helicoverpa armigera (HaSNPV) and its possible use as a specific Helicoverpa/Heliothis larvicide. Growth kinetics of Helicoverpa zea (H. zea) cells and virus occlusion body yields were compared in three SF900II-based media, namely, SF900II (serum-free), SF900II + 1% serum, or SF900II + 10% serum. Viable cell densities were usually higher in the media supplemented with serum than in the serum-free medium; however, in the serum-free medium, cell diameters were 1.7 times greater (i.e., individual cell volumes were five times larger). Both volumetric production of virus occlusion bodies and production per cell were higher in the serum-free medium than in the media supplemented with serum. However, the infectivity of the occlusion bodies from the serum-free medium was less than that with those from the medium supplemented with 10% serum, when compared in bioassays employing newly hatched larvae. The infectivity of the in vitro produced occlusion bodies was also less than that of in vivo produced occlusion bodies in a commercially available virus product, GemStar. High levels of infection of H. armigera larvae obtained in a preliminary field assessment on preflowering tomatoes using the in vitro produced occlusion bodies indicated the suitability of the in vitro process for biopesticide production.
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