Effects of red-headed in sawfly, Neodiprion lecontei, nuclear polyhedrosis virus on rainbow trout, Salmo gairdneri, and Daphnia pulex.
The effects of a nuclear polyhedrosis virus (NPV) of the red-headed pine sawfly, Neodiprion lecontei, on rainbow trout, Salmo gairdneri, were investigated. The fish were exposed to this virus by intubation and topical application and no ill-effects were observed. Similarly, no ill-effects were detected in Daphnia pulex when the same NPV was added to their culture medium. The materials were lyophilized, NPV-infected sawfly larvae (normally used for insect control), lyophilized, uninfected larvae and purified, polyhedral inclusion bodies. On the basis of these laboratory tests, this virus, when disseminated as a biocontrol agent, should present no hazard to rainbow trout or to the aquatic invertebrate Daphnia pulex, two species frequently used in toxicity tests of chemical pesticides.
D000818:Animals; D003621:Daphnia / Q000382:microbiology*; D005393:Fish Diseases / Q000382:microbiology; D006927:Hymenoptera / Q000382:microbiology*; D007300:Insect Control; D007304:Insect Viruses / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D007814:Larva / Q000382:microbiology; D012487:Salmonidae / Q000382:microbiology*; D014337:Trout / Q000382:microbiology*; D014777:Virus Diseases / Q000209:etiology