title: Identification of a nucleopolyhedrovirus in winter moth populations from Massachusetts.
abstract: Winter moth, Operophtera brumata, originally from Europe, has invaded eastern Massachusetts causing widespread defoliation and damage to many deciduous tree species and a variety of crop plants in the infested area. We identified O. brumata nucleopolyhedrovirus (OpbuNPV) in winter moth larvae collected from field sites in Massachusetts by using PCR to amplify a 482 bp region of the baculovirus polyhedrin gene. Viral sequences were also detected in winter moth pupae that failed to emerge, suggesting that these insects may have died as a result of viral infection. This represents the first report of OpbuNPV in winter moth populations in the US.
authors: Department of Plant, Soil and Insect Science, University of Massachusetts - Amherst, Amherst, MA 01003, USA. jburand@microbio.umass.edu
authors: John P
authors: JP
authors: Burand
authors: Woojin
authors: W
authors: Kim
authors: Anna
authors: A
authors: Welch
authors: Joseph S
authors: JS
authors: Elkinton
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D004784:Environmental Monitoring; D007814:Larva / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D008404:Massachusetts; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009036:Moths / Q000821:virology*; D017924:Nucleopolyhedroviruses / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D014764:Viral Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D014777:Virus Diseases / Q000235:genetics / Q000662:veterinary* / Q000821:virology
chemical_list: D014764:Viral Proteins