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Relationship between the Population Dynamics of the Gypsy Moth (Lymantria dispar L., Lymantriidae: Lepidoptera) and the Genetic Polymorphism of the Nuclear Polyhedrosis Virus

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The population dynamics of the gypsy moth and the genomic DNA of the nuclear polyhedrosis virus (NPV) pathogenic for this insect were simultaneously studied using nucleic acid molecular hybridization (NAMH). It was demonstrated that population outbreaks of the gypsy moth were accompanied by an increase in its sensitivity to NPV and in the genetic polymorphism of NPV strains circulating in the insect populations. The hybridization activity of the virus strains isolated at the phase of gypsy moth population growth was significantly higher (p < 0.001) than the activity of the strains isolated at the phase of population decrease.

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  1. Institute of Animal Ecology and Systematics, Siberian Division, Russian Academy of Sciences, ul. Frunze 11, Novosibirsk, 630091, Russia

    S. A. Bakhvalov & V. N. Bakhvalova

  2. Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Siberian Division, Russian Academy of Sciences, pr. Lavrent'eva 8, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia

    O. V. Morozova

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Bakhvalov, S.A., Bakhvalova, V.N. & Morozova, O.V. Relationship between the Population Dynamics of the Gypsy Moth (Lymantria dispar L., Lymantriidae: Lepidoptera) and the Genetic Polymorphism of the Nuclear Polyhedrosis Virus. Russian Journal of Ecology 33, 429–433 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1020959716580

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