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Title: | Natural populations of Spodoptera exigua are infected by multiple viruses that are transmitted to their offspring |
Authors: | Virto, Cristina ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Keywords: | Adult infection Alphabaculovirus SeMNPV Iflavirus Co-infection |
Issue Date: | 13-Aug-2014 |
Publisher: | Academic Press |
Citation: | Journal of Invertebrate Pathology 122: 22- 27 (2014) |
Abstract: | Sublethal infections by baculoviruses (Baculoviridae) are believed to be common in Lepidoptera, including Spodoptera exigua. In addition, novel RNA viruses of the family Iflaviridae have been recently identified in a laboratory population of S. exigua (S. exigua iflavirus-1: SeIV-1; S. exigua iflavirus-2: SeIV-2) that showed no overt signs of disease. We determined the prevalence of these viruses in wild populations and the prevalence of co-infection by the different viruses in shared hosts. Infection by S. exigua multiple nucleopolyhedrovirus (SeMNPV) and iflaviruses in S. exigua adults (N= 130) from horticultural greenhouses in southern Spain was determined using qPCR and RT-PCR based techniques respectively. The offspring of these insects (N= 200) was reared under laboratory conditions and analyzed to determine virus transmission. Overall, 54% of field-caught adults were infected by SeMNPV, 13.1% were infected by SeIV-1 and 7.7% were infected by SeIV-2. Multiple infections were also detected, with 8.4% of individuals harboring SeMNPV and one of the iflaviruses, whereas 2.3% of adults were infected by all three viruses. All the viruses were transmitted to offspring independently of whether the parental female harbored covert infections or not. Analysis of laboratory-reared insects in the adult stage revealed that SeIV-1 was significantly more prevalent than SeMNPV or SeIV-2, suggesting high transmissibility of SeIV-1. Mixed infection involving three viruses was identified in 6.5% of laboratory-reared offspring. We conclude that interspecific interactions between these viruses in co-infected individuals are to be likely frequent, both in the field, following applications of SeMNPV-based insecticides, or in laboratory colonies used for SeMNPV mass production. |
Publisher version (URL): | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jip.2014.07.007 |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10261/126111 |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.jip.2014.07.007 |
Identifiers: | doi: 10.1016/j.jip.2014.07.007 issn: 1096-0805 |
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