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Baculoviruses:Lethal Pathogens of Lepidopteran Caterpillars


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1 ICAR-Indian Institute of Pulses Research (IIPR), Kanpur – 208024, Uttar Pradesh, India
2 ICAR- National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources (NBAIR), Bengaluru – 560024, Karnataka, India
 

Baculoviruses, a diverse group of arthropod-specific viruses, have long been employed for the biological control of many economically significant insect pests on agricultural and forest crops all over the world. They are primarily pathogens of caterpillars and about 90 per cent are reported to cause diseases in members belonging to the order Lepidoptera. Baculoviruses have been attractive biological control agents because of their safety to vertebrates, other non-target fauna and high pathogenicity with host death being most likely outcome of an infection. They have an ability to persist outside the host insect by producing virions sequestered within the protein matrix and potential to trigger epizootics in insect population, thus being important factor in regulating the size of host insect population. Baculoviruses are relatively quick acting and lethal among the various insect pathogens infecting globally significant pest species. Considering the importance of baculoviruses in insect pest management, a review of the research work carried out is presented.

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Baculoviruses, Biological Control, Insect Pathogenic Viruses, Lepidopteran Pests.
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  • Baculoviruses:Lethal Pathogens of Lepidopteran Caterpillars

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Authors

Sanjay M. Bandi
ICAR-Indian Institute of Pulses Research (IIPR), Kanpur – 208024, Uttar Pradesh, India
G. Sivakumar
ICAR- National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources (NBAIR), Bengaluru – 560024, Karnataka, India
B. Kiran Gandhi
ICAR-Indian Institute of Pulses Research (IIPR), Kanpur – 208024, Uttar Pradesh, India

Abstract


Baculoviruses, a diverse group of arthropod-specific viruses, have long been employed for the biological control of many economically significant insect pests on agricultural and forest crops all over the world. They are primarily pathogens of caterpillars and about 90 per cent are reported to cause diseases in members belonging to the order Lepidoptera. Baculoviruses have been attractive biological control agents because of their safety to vertebrates, other non-target fauna and high pathogenicity with host death being most likely outcome of an infection. They have an ability to persist outside the host insect by producing virions sequestered within the protein matrix and potential to trigger epizootics in insect population, thus being important factor in regulating the size of host insect population. Baculoviruses are relatively quick acting and lethal among the various insect pathogens infecting globally significant pest species. Considering the importance of baculoviruses in insect pest management, a review of the research work carried out is presented.

Keywords


Baculoviruses, Biological Control, Insect Pathogenic Viruses, Lepidopteran Pests.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.18311/jbc%2F2019%2F24077