Research Article

Characterization of a novel baculovirus isolate from Malacosoma neustria (Linnaeus, 1758) (Lepidoptera: Lasiocampidae) in Samsun and its pathogenicity in different hosts

Volume: 43 Number: 4 December 1, 2019
  • Dönüş Gençer
  • Oğuzhan Yanar
  • Aydın Yeşilyurt
  • Remziye Nalçacıoğlu
  • İsmail Demir *
TR EN

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 10OBs/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

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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

Publication Date

December 1, 2019

Submission Date

March 13, 2019

Acceptance Date

September 3, 2019

Published in Issue

Year 2019 Volume: 43 Number: 4

APA
Gençer, D., Yanar, O., Yeşilyurt, A., Nalçacıoğlu, R., & Demir, İ. (2019). Characterization of a novel baculovirus isolate from Malacosoma neustria (Linnaeus, 1758) (Lepidoptera: Lasiocampidae) in Samsun and its pathogenicity in different hosts. Turkish Journal of Entomology, 43(4), 429-440. https://doi.org/10.16970/entoted.539140

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