▪ Abstract Polydnavirus genome sequencing is providing new insights into viral genome
organization and viral gene function. Sequence analyses demonstrate that the genomes of …

Virus-host associations are usually viewed as parasitic, but several studies in recent years
have reported examples of viruses that benefit host organisms. The Polydnaviridae are of …

This book provides an up-to-date review of the biology of parasitic Hymenoptera, focusing
primarily on genetics, developmental biology, physiology, anatomy and molecular biology …

Many thousands of endoparasitic wasp species are known to inject polydnavirus (PDV)
particles into their caterpillar host during oviposition, causing immune and developmental …

Many ichneumonid and braconid endoparasitoids inject a polydnavirus (PDV) into their
caterpillar hosts during oviposition. The viral entities carried by wasps of these families are …

BACKGROUND The cotton leafworm, Spodoptera littoralis, is one of the most destructive
pests in the Mediterranean basin, being predominantly controlled using synthetic chemical …

Polydnaviruses are unique symbiotic viruses that are formed only in calyx cells in the ovary
of parasitic wasps in the families Braconidae and Ichneumonidae; accordingly, two genera …

One of the more unusual groups of insect pathogens consists of members of the family
Polydnaviridae, insect DNA viruses that live in mutual symbioses with their associated …

Cotesia congregata polydnavirus (CcPDV) is essential for successful parasitism of Manduca
sexta larvae by the braconid wasp Cotesia congregata. To determine the molecular …

Numerous and charismatic, the Lepidoptera is one of the most widely studied groups of
invertebrates. Advances in molecular tools and genomic techniques have reduced the need …