Bioactivity of a betabaculovirus, Hyphantria cunea granulovirus, in six lepidopteran insects as potential hosts

Bayramoğlu Z., Gençer D., Demir İ.

Türkiye Entomoloji Dergisi-Turkish Journal Of Entomology, cilt.45, sa.4, ss.417-424, 2021 (SCI-Expanded)

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 45 Sayı: 4
  • Basım Tarihi: 2021
  • Doi Numarası: 10.16970/entoted.974579
  • Dergi Adı: Türkiye Entomoloji Dergisi-Turkish Journal Of Entomology
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, BIOSIS, CAB Abstracts, Veterinary Science Database
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.417-424
  • Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

The aim of this study, conducted in 2018 and 2020, was to investigate the bioactivity of a local baculovirus isolate, Hyphantria cunea granulovirus (HycuGV), in seven lepidopteran pests. Based on data collected 10 days after exposure, HycuGV was found to infect Malacosoma neustria (L., 1758) (Lepidoptera: Lasiocampidae), Lymantria dispar (L., 1758) (Lepidoptera: Erebidae), Helicoverpa armigera (Hübner, 1805) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) and Spodoptera exigua (Hübner, 1808) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) larvae as well as its host Hyphantria cunea (Drury, 1773) (Lepidoptera: Erebidae). However, it did not infect Spodoptera littoralis (Boisduval, 1883) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) and Cydia pomonella (L., 1758) (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae). A HycuGV dose rate experiment indicated LC50 of 4.7x105 occlusion bodies (OBs)/ml in H. cunea, 5.6x106 OBs/ml in L. dispar, 7x107 OBs/ml in S. exigua, 1.5x109 OBs/ml in M. neustria and 7.7x109 OBs/ml in H. armigera. HycuGV was infectious to S. exigua and L. dispar, but only provided effective control in M. neustria and H. armigera at high dose rates. These findings demonstrate that HycuGV can be highly effective for control of S. exigua, L. dispar and H. cunea.