Interaction between Neoaplectana carpocapsae and a granulosis virus of the armyworm Pseudaletia unipuncta.
Neoaplectaua carpocapsae developed and reproduced in armyworm hosts infected with a granulosis virus (GV). Macerated tissues of dauer juveniles from GV-infected hosts had sufficient GV to infect 1st and 2nd instar armyworms. Electron-microscope examination of dauer juveniles and adult female nematodes confirmed the presence of GV in the lumen of the intestine. No GV was observed in other tissues of the nematode.
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University of California, Davis, CA, USA.
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