AbstractA virus isolated from obliquebanded leafroller, Choristoneura rosaceana (Harris), larvae collected in an apple, Malus domestica Borkh. (Rosaceae), orchard of Saint-Joseph-du-Lac (Quebec, Canada) was studied. Microscopic studies revealed that it was a uninucleocapsid nucleopolyhedrovirus from the family Baculoviridae. Larval mortality was approximately 75% (0% mortality in control group) in larvae infected as third instars immersed in a suspension of 1.7 × 108 occlusion bodies/mL. The average time for larval mortality was 23 ± 3 d after treatment. The majority (95.5%) of infected larvae died as fifth or sixth instars. Infection was observed primarily in fat body cells, and occasionally in the tracheal matrix and epidermis. Mean larval development time of infected larvae surviving to pupae was 20 ± 3 d, significantly greater than the 18 ± 3 d observed in control larvae. Adult emergence was significantly lower in pupae of treated larvae (73.6%) than in the control group (93.5%). Our work constitutes the first baseline study of naturally occurring virus of the obliquebanded leafroller.
摘要 研究了从加拿大魁北克省圣约瑟夫-杜拉克(Saint-Joseph-du-Lac)苹果园采集的斜带卷叶蛾幼虫 Choristoneura rosaceana (Harris) 身上分离出的一种病毒。显微镜研究表明,它是一种无核噬核多角体病毒,属于杆状病毒科。三龄幼虫感染后,浸泡在 1.7 × 108 个闭锁体/毫升的悬浮液中,幼虫死亡率约为 75%(对照组死亡率为 0%)。幼虫平均死亡时间为处理后 23 ± 3 d。大多数(95.5%)受感染的幼虫在第五或第六龄时死亡。感染主要出现在脂肪体细胞中,偶尔也会出现在气管基质和表皮中。感染幼虫存活到蛹的平均发育时间为 20 ± 3 d,明显高于对照幼虫的 18 ± 3 d。经处理幼虫的蛹成虫率(73.6%)明显低于对照组(93.5%)。我们的研究是对斜带卷叶螟自然发生的病毒进行的首次基线研究。