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Mixtures of complete and pif1- and pif2-deficient genotypes are required for increased potency of an insect nucleopolyhedrovirus.
Journal of virology - 1 May 2009
Clavijo Gabriel, Williams Trevor, Simón Oihane, Muñoz Delia, Cerutti Martine, López-Ferber Miguel, Caballero Primitivo
Abstract excerpt
The insecticidal potency of a nucleopolyhedrovirus population (SfNIC) that infects Spodoptera frugiperda (Lepidoptera) is greater than the potency of any of the component genotypes alone. Occlusion bodies (OBs) produced in mixed infections comprising the complete genotype and a deletion genotype are as pathogenic as the natural population of genotypes from the field. To test whether this increased potency was due...
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