Baculoviruses in populations of western spruce budworm

Nealis, V.G., Turnquist, R., Morin, B., Graham, R.I. and Lucarotti, C.J. (2015) Baculoviruses in populations of western spruce budworm. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology, 127. pp. 76-80.

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Official URL: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.jip.2015.03.005

Abstract

Population studies of western spruce budworm, Choristoneura occidentalis, revealed that a baculovirus, ChocNPV, was widespread in outbreak populations over a broad geographical area of British Columbia, Canada although the rate of mortality was usually low (<5%). Elevated levels of ChocNPV-related mortality (≈20%) were found when western spruce budworm populations reached high densities (≈300 larvae per kg of Douglas-fir foliage) and contributed to declines in population densities in these areas. A subsample from budworm collections examined using a multiplex-PCR assay showed ChocNPV was the most prevalent virus but also often occurred in combination with a granulovirus, ChocGV and a cypovirus, CoCPV.

Item Type:	Article
Keywords:	Baculovirus, Budworms, Ecology, Epidemiology
Divisions:	Crop and Environment Sciences (to 31.07.20)
Depositing User:	Ms Kath Osborn
Date Deposited:	02 Feb 2017 18:54
Last Modified:	23 Jan 2018 14:44
URI:	https://hau.repository.guildhe.ac.uk/id/eprint/15124

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