Enhancement of Baculovirus Activity on Gypsy Moth (Lepidoptera: Lymantriidae) by Chitinase1
- 1 December 1987
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Journal of Economic Entomology
- Vol. 80 (6) , 1113-1116
- https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/80.6.1113
Abstract
Chitinase significantly enhanced the activity of nuclear polyhedrosis virus (NPV) ingested by second-instar gypsy moth, Lymantria dispar (L.). Multiple probit regressions calculated from mortality observed at 14 and 21 d indicated that the LC50’s of NPV declined 1.3-, 2.0-, 3.2-, and 5.4-fold with the addition of 0.001, 0.010, 0.10, and 1.00% chitinase, respectively. In addition, insects exposed to NPV-chitinase combinations died more rapidly than those that ingested NPV only.This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:
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