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Susceptibility of Anticarsia gemmatalis, Helicoverpa zea, Chrysodeixis includens, Spodoptera exigua, and Spodoptera frugiperda to a mexican isolate of nuclear polyhedrosis virus from Anticarsia gemmatalis

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The goal of this study was to document the susceptibility of Anticarsia gemmatalis Hübner, Helicoverpa zea Boddie, Chrysodeixis includens Walker, Spodoptera exigua Hübner, and Spodoptera frugiperda J.E. Smith to a field-collected isolate of nuclear polyhedrosis virus from Anticarsia gemmatalis (AgNPV). Eight concentrations of AgNPV were individually provided in an artificial diet, and larvae of each species could feed on each virus concentration for 15 days, which allowed us to calculate the Median Lethal Concentration (LC50) of the virus for each insect species. The larvae of S. frugiperda were not susceptible to the virus, whereas the LC50 for A. gemmatalis, C. includens, S. exigua, and H. zea were 0.5 × 103, 0.20 × 108, 2.68 × 108, and 8.3 × 108 inclusion bodies/mL, respectively.

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We thank CONACYT, INIFAP-sur de Tamaulipas, and Foundation Produce of the State of Tamaulipas for funding this project.

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  1. INIFAP, Campo Experimental Las Huastecas, 89610, Ciudad Cuauhtémoc, Tamaulipas, Mexico

    Antonio P. Terán-Vargas & Paulina Vega-Aquino

  2. Colegio de Postgraduados, 56230, Montecillo, Estado de México, México

    Jorge Zambrano-Gutiérrez & Haidel Vargas-Madríz

  3. Tecnológico Nacional de México/I. T. de Cd. Victoria, 87010, Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas, Mexico

    Ausencio Azuara-Domínguez

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Terán-Vargas, A.P., Vega-Aquino, P., Zambrano-Gutiérrez, J. et al. Susceptibility of Anticarsia gemmatalis, Helicoverpa zea, Chrysodeixis includens, Spodoptera exigua, and Spodoptera frugiperda to a mexican isolate of nuclear polyhedrosis virus from Anticarsia gemmatalis. Int J Trop Insect Sci 39, 175–177 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42690-019-00025-6

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