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Hitching a Ride: Examining the Ability of a Specialist Baculovirus to Translocate through Its Insect Host's Food Plant.
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Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) [Pathogens] 2021 Nov 18; Vol. 10 (11). Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Nov 18. - Publication Year :
- 2021
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Abstract
- Plant vascular systems can translocate the entomopathogen Bacillus thuringiensis from the soil into plant tissues. However, whether other soil dwelling entomopathogens utilize plant vascular tissue for movement has not yet been fully explored. We used Spodoptera frugiperda multiple nucleopolyhedrovirus (SfMNPV) to evaluate whether baculoviruses, a common entomopathogen and bioinsecticide, can be transported through the plant vascular pathways of Zea mays . We found that our treatments did not allow a sufficient virus translocation into the plant to induce a lethal infection in insects, which was confirmed by a molecular analysis. While other entomopathogens translocate, baculoviruses may not be one of them.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 2076-0817
- Volume :
- 10
- Issue :
- 11
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland)
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 34832655
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens10111500