title: Optical brighteners do not influence covert baculovirus infection of Spodoptera frugiperda.
abstract: Covert infection with Spodoptera frugiperda multiple nucleopolyhedrovirus, detected by reverse transcription-PCR of virus gene transcripts (ie-0 and polh), was not significantly affected by the presence of an optical brightener (Tinopal UNPA-GX), indicating no change in virus virulence. Detection of the covert infection was dependent on insect life stage and the viral mRNA used for diagnosis.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Producción Agraria, Universidad Pública de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain.
authors.forename: Ana-Mabel
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Martínez
authors.forename: Trevor
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Williams
authors.forename: Miguel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: López-Ferber
authors.forename: Primitivo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Caballero
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001557:Benzenesulfonates / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D003902:Detergents / Q000494:pharmacology; D017344:Genes, Insect; D005814:Genes, Viral; D017924:Nucleopolyhedroviruses / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000235:genetics / Q000472:pathogenicity; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D018411:Spodoptera / Q000254:growth & development / Q000821:virology*; D014774:Virulence / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D001557:Benzenesulfonates; D004279:DNA, Viral; D003902:Detergents; C011556:Tinopal