Characterization of a novel baculovirus isolate from Malacosoma neustria (Linnaeus, 1758) (Lepidoptera: Lasiocampidae) in Samsun and its pathogenicity in different hosts
Abstract
Malacosoma neustria (Linnaeus, 1758) (Lepidoptera: Lasiocampidae) causes economic losses in apple, pear, plum, willow, oak and other economically important trees. In this study, an alphabaculovirus was isolated from the larval population of M. neustria from Samsun in the central Black Sea Region of Turkey between 2015 and 2016. Electron microscope analysis of occlusion bodies (OBs) obtained from dead larvae showed that the nucleocapsids of a new isolate (ManeNPV-T4) are multiply enveloped. The Kimura two-parameter analysis and the phylogenetic tree were performed based on concatenated nucleotide and amino acid sequences of the partial lef-8, lef-9 and polh genes from ManeNPV-T4 isolate compared to those of other 51 baculoviruses. Insecticidal activity tests against third instar M. neustria larvae produced 48 to 100% mortalities. The LC50 of ManeNPV-T4 was 0.78 x 103 OBs/ml in M. neustria. Additionally, the isolate caused mortalities lower than 50% in Spodoptera exigua (Hübner, 1808) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), Lymantria dispar (Linnaeus, 1758) (Lepidoptera: Erebidae), Hyphantria cunea (Drury, 1773) (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae) and Helicoverpa armigera (Hübner, 1805) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) larvae. Consequently, the new nucleopolyhedrovirus is infectious on M. neustria larvae and other lepidopterans.
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Primary Language
English
Subjects
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Journal Section
Research Article
Authors
Dönüş Gençer
This is me
0000-0002-5179-3763
Türkiye
Oğuzhan Yanar
This is me
0000-0003-0038-5791
Türkiye
Aydın Yeşilyurt
This is me
0000-0003-4034-4206
Türkiye
Remziye Nalçacıoğlu
This is me
0000-0003-0527-9541
Türkiye
İsmail Demir
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0000-0001-6227-0039
Türkiye
Publication Date
December 1, 2019
Submission Date
March 13, 2019
Acceptance Date
September 3, 2019
Published in Issue
Year 2019 Volume: 43 Number: 4