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Boughton AJ, Harrison RL, Lewis LC, et al. Characterization of a nucleopolyhedrovirus from the black cutworm, agrotis ipsilon (Lepidoptera: noctuidae). J Invertebr Pathol. 1999;74(3):289-94doi: 10.1006/jipa.1999.4901.
Boughton, A. J., Harrison, R. L., Lewis, L. C., & Bonning, B. C. (1999). Characterization of a nucleopolyhedrovirus from the black cutworm, agrotis ipsilon (Lepidoptera: noctuidae). Journal of invertebrate pathology, 74(3), 289-94. https://doi.org/10.1006/jipa.1999.4901
Boughton, et al. "Characterization of a nucleopolyhedrovirus from the black cutworm, agrotis ipsilon (Lepidoptera: noctuidae)." Journal of invertebrate pathology vol. 74,3 (1999): 289-94. doi: https://doi.org/10.1006/jipa.1999.4901
Boughton AJ, Harrison RL, Lewis LC, Bonning BC. Characterization of a nucleopolyhedrovirus from the black cutworm, agrotis ipsilon (Lepidoptera: noctuidae). J Invertebr Pathol. 1999 Nov;74(3):289-94. doi: 10.1006/jipa.1999.4901. PMID: 10534417.
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J Invertebr Pathol. 1999 Nov;74(3):289-94. doi: 10.1006/jipa.1999.4901.

Characterization of a nucleopolyhedrovirus from the black cutworm, agrotis ipsilon (Lepidoptera: noctuidae).

Journal of invertebrate pathology

Boughton, Harrison, Lewis, Bonning

Affiliations

  1. Genetics Laboratory, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, 50011, USA.

PMID: 10534417 DOI: 10.1006/jipa.1999.4901

Abstract

The black cutworm, Agrotis ipsilon (Hufnagel) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), is a serious localized pest of vegetable and field crops. We have characterized a newly discovered baculovirus, the Agrotis ipsilon multicapsid nucleopolyhedrovirus (AgipMNPV), that was isolated from A. ipsilon in Illinois. Restriction enzyme fragment profiles of AgipMNPV DNA were distinct from those of previously described nucleopolyhedroviruses. Electron microscopy of AgipMNPV-infected tissues indicated that nucleocapsids of this virus are multiply enveloped. A. ipsilon was highly susceptible to infection by AgipMNPV and significantly more susceptible to infection by AgipMNPV than by Autographa californica multicapsid nucleopolyhedrovirus (AcMNPV). Host range studies showed that Heliothis virescens and Helicoverpa zea were moderately susceptible to infection; Pseudaletia unipuncta and Spodoptera frugiperda were only partially susceptible, and Anticarsia gemmatalis, Spodoptera exigua, Trichoplusia ni, and Ostrinia nubilalis were not susceptible to infection by AgipMNPV. Because of its high virulence, AgipMNPV has potential as an alternative to chemical insecticides for control of A. ipsilon. Copyright 1999 Academic Press.

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