Entomopathogenic viruses in the neotropics: current status and recently discovered species

DR Sosa-Gómez, FS Morgado, RFT Corrêa… - Neotropical …, 2020 - Springer
The market for biological control of insect pests in the world and in Brazil has grown in
recent years due to the unwanted ecological and human health impacts of chemical …

Viral dUTPases: modulators of innate immunity

ME Ariza, B Cox, B Martinez, I Mena-Palomo, GJ Zarate… - Biomolecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
Most free-living organisms encode for a deoxyuridine triphosphate nucleotidohydrolase
(dUTPase; EC 3.6. 1.23). dUTPases represent a family of metalloenzymes that catalyze the …

The complete genome sequence of Plodia interpunctella granulovirus: evidence for horizontal gene transfer and discovery of an unusual inhibitor-of-apoptosis gene

RL Harrison, DL Rowley, CJ Funk - PloS one, 2016 - journals.plos.org
The Indianmeal moth, Plodia interpunctella (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae), is a common pest of
stored goods with a worldwide distribution. The complete genome sequence for a larval …

[HTML][HTML] The Genome Sequences of Baculoviruses from the Tufted Apple Bud Moth, Platynota idaeusalis, Reveal Recombination Between an Alphabaculovirus and a …

RL Harrison, MA Jansen, AN Fife, DL Rowley - Viruses, 2025 - mdpi.com
The USDA-ARS collection of insect viruses at Beltsville, MD, USA, contains samples of an
alphabaculovirus from larvae of the tufted apple bud moth, Platynota idaeusalis Walker, as …

Genome-wide diversity in temporal and regional populations of the betabaculovirus Erinnyis ello granulovirus (ErelGV)

AF Brito, FL Melo, DMP Ardisson-Araújo, W Sihler… - BMC genomics, 2018 - Springer
Abstract Background Erinnyis ello granulovirus (ErelGV) is a betabaculovirus infecting
caterpillars of the sphingid moth E. ello ello (cassava hornworm), an important pest of …

[HTML][HTML] The complete genome of Rachiplusia nu nucleopolyhedrovirus (RanuNPV) and the identification of a baculoviral CPD-photolyase homolog

LB Trentin, ER Santos, AGO Junior, DR Sosa-Gómez… - Virology, 2019 - Elsevier
We described a novel baculovirus isolated from the polyphagous insect pest Rachiplusia nu.
The virus presented pyramidal-shaped occlusion bodies (OBs) with singly-embed …

Leucoma salicis nucleopolyhedrovirus (LesaNPV) genome sequence shed new light on the origin of the Alphabaculovirus orpseudotsugatae species

M Krejmer-Rabalska, L Rabalski, M Kosinski, I Skrzecz… - Virus Genes, 2024 - Springer
LesaNPV (Leucoma salicis nucleopolyhedrovirus) is an alphabaculovirus group Ib.
Potentially, it can be an eco-friendly agent to control the white satin moth Leucoma salicis …

Biological and molecular characterization of two Anticarsia gemmatalis multiple nucleopolyhedrovirus clones exhibiting contrasting virulence

BC Ferreira, FL Melo, AMR Silva, MM Sanches… - Journal of invertebrate …, 2019 - Elsevier
Baculovirus natural populations are known to be genetically heterogeneous and such
genotypic diversity could have implications in the performance of biocontrol agents. The …

[HTML][HTML] Genome analysis of Psilogramma increta granulovirus and its intrapopulation diversity

H Zhang, L Li, B Chen, Y Zuo, W Wu, M Yuan, K Yang - Virus Research, 2022 - Elsevier
The complete genome of Psilogramma increta granulovirus (PsinGV), isolated from P.
increta (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae), was ultra-deep sequenced with a Novaseq PE150 …

A Nymphalid-Infecting Group I Alphabaculovirus Isolated from the Major Passion Fruit Caterpillar Pest Dione juno juno (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae)

BM Ribeiro, ER Dos Santos, LB Trentin, LA da Silva… - Viruses, 2019 - mdpi.com
Baculoviruses are capable of infecting a wide diversity of insect pests. In the 1990s, the
Dione juno nucleopolyhedrovirus (DijuNPV) was isolated from larvae of the major …