title: Fitness-related traits of entomopoxviruses isolated from Adoxophyes honmai (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) at three localities in Japan.
abstract: Three entomopoxviruses (EPVs) isolated from diseased Adoxophyes honmai larvae at different localities (Tsukuba, Itsukaichi, and Miyazaki) in Japan were compared for biochemical identity and key parameters of virus fitness, fatal infection, speed of kill, and virus yield. When the structural peptides of occlusion bodies (OBs) and occlusion-derived viral particles were compared using sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, no difference in banding patterns was observed. However, DNA restriction endonuclease analysis showed that the three isolates were genotypically different, but many commonly sized DNA fragments were observed. Five tortricid species, A. honmai, Adoxophyes orana, Adoxophyesdubia, Homona magnanima, and Archips insulanus were susceptible to all isolates. No significant differences in the key viral fitness parameters were detected among the isolates in A. orana. However, the Miyazaki isolate had a different effect on H. magnanima; it allowed infected insects to survive longer and develop to a larger size, but had a lower yield of OBs per larva at any given time to death. OB yields per unit cadaver weight for the Miyazaki isolate, which indicate the conversion rate of the insect to virus, were lower over time compared to the other two isolates. The implications for selecting a candidate isolate to control tortricid pests are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Bioregulation and Biointeraction, Graduate School of Agriculture, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Saiwai, Fuchu, Tokyo 183-8509, Japan. junsan@ffpri.affrc.go.jp
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Takatsuka
authors.forename: Shohei
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Okuno
authors.forename: Takayoshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ishii
authors.forename: Madoka
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nakai
authors.forename: Yasuhisa
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kunimi
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000032:analysis*; D017996:Entomopoxvirinae / Q000235:genetics* / Q000472:pathogenicity / Q000502:physiology; D056084:Genetic Fitness / Q000502:physiology*; D054884:Host-Pathogen Interactions; D007564:Japan; D009036:Moths / Q000821:virology*; D010572:Pest Control, Biological / Q000379:methods; D010802:Phylogeny; D013045:Species Specificity
chemical_list: D004279:DNA, Viral