Acta Entomologica Sinica (2004) 47, 117-123

Tong-Hai Zhao, Chang-Jie Chen, Jing Xu and Qing-Wen Zhang (2004)
[Host range and cross infection of cytoplasmic polyhedrosis viruses from Dendrolimus spp.]
Acta Entomologica Sinica 47 (1), 117-123
Abstract: Since DsCPV-1 (Dendrolimus spectabilis cypovirus 1) was discovered and separated from Dendrolimus spectabilis in 1965 in Japan, there have been 6 isolates of cytoplasmic polyhedrosis virus separated respectively from D. punctatus, D . tabulaeformis, D . spectabilis, D . p . tehchangensis, D . p . wenshangensis and D . superans in China. Electrophoretic analysis of the genome dsRNA of these CPV isolates showed that they all should be classified into the cypovirus 1 as the DsCPV-1. These Dendrolimus spp. CPV isolates can infect 35 species of insects in 10 families of Lepidoptera and have a well infectious ability and cause high mortality on many of them, so they also could be used in the control and these insects could be used as candidates for alternate hosts to produce Dendrolimus spp. CPV pesticides The genome profiles of the viruses obtained from some insects infected by these Dendrolimus spp. CPV isolates are different from that of the inoculants, but related closely, if not identical, to viruses from these insects. These may be explained as that the occult viruses of hosts were activated by other viruses.
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(original language: Chinese)
Database assignments for author(s): Tong-Hai Zhao

Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
biocontrol - natural enemies
Research topic(s) for beneficials or antagonists:
general biology - morphology - evolution

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Dendrolimus punctatus
	Dendrolimus spectabilis		Japan
	Dendrolimus sibiricus
Cypovirus 1 (entomopathogen)	Dendrolimus spectabilis		Japan