Growth characteristics of a continuous cell line from the velvetbean caterpillar,Anticarsia gemmatalis Hübner (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)

1988 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 195-198 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peggy J. Sieburth ◽  
James E. Maruniak
Chemosphere ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 259 ◽  
pp. 127530 ◽  
Author(s):  
Angelica Plata-Rueda ◽  
Carlos Henrique Martins de Menezes ◽  
Weslei dos Santos Cunha ◽  
Thaiany Moreira Alvarenga ◽  
Bruno Franklin Barbosa ◽  
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1992 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 126-134 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Y. Young ◽  
W. C. Yearian

Nabis roseipennis Reuter nymphs that preyed on larvae of the nuclear polyhedrosis virus (NPV) infected velvetbean caterpillar, Anticarsia gemmatalis (Hübner), excreted the virus (AgNPV) for several days thereafter. Based on bioassays, fifth instar and second instar nymphs excreted 84.7 × 105 and 9.7 × 105 polyhedral inclusion bodies (PIB) per nymph, respectively. The AgNPV-contaminated nymphs effectively disseminated the virus via the feces over soybean plants where it served as inoculum to initiate disease in larval populations of A. gemmatalis caged in the field. Larval mortality from AgNPV ranged from 11.4 to 48.5% over treatments in two tests. Larval mortality in treatments where the source of virus inoculum was AgNPV-contaminated fifth instar nymphs was similar to that in treatments where the source of viral inoculum was diseased larvae. Larval mortality resulting from AgNPV dissemination by the nymphs was usually higher in treatments containing fifth instar nymphs than in those with second instar nymphs. Dissemination of NPV by fifth instar nymphs was higher in mixed-age than in uniformed-age A. gemmatalis larval populations. This was not the case with the smaller second instar nymphs.


1989 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 133-141
Author(s):  
S. Y. Young ◽  
W. C. Yearian

Transmission of a nuclear polyhedrosis virus (AgNPV) of the velvetbean caterpillar, Anticarsis gemmatalis Hübner, in multiple generations on caged soybeans was examined. Introduction of primary infected larvae into larval populations on soybean resulted in low levels of mortality in the initially uninfected population in generation one. Larval mortality levels increased in succeeding generations and were higher in treatments with greater larval population density. The increase in epizootic development was much less, however, when the plants were not infested for one larval generation. AgNPV concentrations on foliage and in soil generally reflected the mortality levels from AgNPV in the respective treatments.


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