Isolation and characterization of indigenous nucleopolyhedrovirus infecting fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda (JE Smith)(Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) in India

G Sivakumar, M Kannan, SR Babu, M Mohan… - Current Science, 2020 - JSTOR
Fall armyworm (FAW), Spodoptera frugiperda (JE Smith)(Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) is an
invasive insect pest of maize in India. Natural occurrence of nucleopolyhedrovirus (NPV) …

[HTML][HTML] Characterization and field evaluation of tetrahedral and triangular nucleopolyhedrovirus of Spilosoma obliqua (SpobNPV) strain NBAIR1 against jute hairy …

G Sivakumar, M Kannan, VR Babu, M Mohan… - Egyptian Journal of …, 2020 - Springer
Abstract Jute hairy caterpillar, Spilosoma (= Spilarctia) obliqua (Walker)(Arctiidae:
Lepidoptera), is an irregular and polyphagous insect pest that occurs all over India. A severe …

[HTML][HTML] First record of a nucleopolyhedrovirus infecting brown-tail moth larvae, Euproctis chrysorrhoea (L.) (Lepidoptera: Lymantriidae) in India

B Hussain, G Sivakumar, M Kannan, AR War… - Egyptian Journal of …, 2019 - Springer
Abstract Ladakh (Jammu and Kashmir) is the coldest arid region of India, where apricot is a
major fruit grown across the region. In recent years, severe infestation by the defoliating …

Entomopathogenic viruses

S Harish, M Murugan, M Kannan… - … Approaches for Insect …, 2021 - Springer
India has moved from an era of food shortages to a status of food self-sufficiency through
improved modern agricultural technologies and sustainable agricultural practices. However …

[HTML][HTML] Characterization and field evaluation of Spilosoma obliqua nucleopolyhedrosis virus (SpobNPV) CRIJAF1 strain against jute hairy caterpillar, Spilosoma obliqua …

VR Babu, G Sivakumar, S Satpathy - Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest …, 2023 - Springer
Abstract Background Spilosoma (= Spilarctia) obliqua (Walker)(Lepidoptera: Arctiidae), once
considered as a sporadic pest, is now considered as a major and polyphagous pest widely …

Genome assembly and annotation of Spilosoma obliqua multicapsid nucleopolyhedrovirus from Bihar hairy caterpillar, an agriculturally important insect pest

M Akram, MA Iquebal, KG Baptala… - Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Spilosoma obliqua nucleopolyhedrovirus (SpobNPV) is known as a biocontrol agent against
S. obliqua a polyphagous insect. Genome of an isolate designated as SpobMNPV was …

[PDF][PDF] Genome sequencing, analysis and characterization of baculovirus infecting the caterpillar, Spilosoma obliqua Walker (Arctiidae)(Insecta: Lepidoptera) from …

S Paul, S Balakrishnan, A Arumugaperumal… - J Virol Antivir …, 2021 - researchgate.net
Abstract The Bihar hairy caterpillar, Spilosoma obliqua is an economically important
polyphagous insect and to reduce its pest density, baculoviruses are considered as the ideal …

[PDF][PDF] Virulence, cross infectivity and molecular characterization of Spilosoma obliqua MNPV from north India for Bihar hairy caterpillar management

GK Sujayanand, M Akram, N Ashish, K Aravind… - Res J …, 2019 - researchgate.net
The Bihar hairy caterpillar (BHC), Spilosoma obliqua Walker is a polyphagous insect
infesting> 100 crops. Heavy infestation of BHC was recorded in Uttar Pradesh, a northern …

Characterization and virulence of Beauveria bassiana associated with auger beetle (Sinoxylon anale) infesting allspice (Pimenta dioica)

CMS Kumar, TK Jacob, S Devasahayam… - Journal of invertebrate …, 2016 - Elsevier
The incidence of auger beetle, Sinoxylon anale Lesne (Bostrichidae: Coleoptera), a
destructive pest of cosmopolitan occurrence is reported for the first time on allspice trees …

[HTML][HTML] Loss of p24 from the Bombyx mori nucleopolyhedrovirus genome results in the formation of cuboidal occlusion bodies

R Kokusho, S Katsuma - Virology, 2021 - Elsevier
Some insect viruses produce the occlusion body (OB), a large crystalline particle comprising
a viral protein that occludes virions to protect them from harsh environments. The shapes …