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Occurrence of granulovirus infecting Cydia pomonella in high altitude cold arid region of India

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Codling moth (Cydia pomonella, Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) is a quarantine pest of apple in Ladakh, India. We report Cydia pomonella granulovirus from infected larvae of codling moth for the first time in India. The two CpGV isolates were identified as (CpGV SKUAST-1 and CpGV SKUAST-2) and published in Genbank under accession number, MK801791 and MK801792, respectively. The mortality of CpGV was evaluated against 3rd instar larvae of codling moth at various concentrations viz., 102, 104, 106, 108, 1010, 1012 and 1014 OBS/ml. The median lethal concentrations (LC50 and LC90) were observed at 7.08 and 28.56 OBS/ml, respectively. In field, the infection rate by CpGV was 5.95 to 15.65%. Based on typical infection symptoms on the larvae, morphological features under the microscope and sequence results of the amplified product confirmed the first occurrence of CpGV from India. Thus, CpGV will form an important non-chemical strategy for managing this pest.

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Authors are thankful to DBT, GoI for funding the Project under Project No:- BT/PR22760/SPD/9.

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  1. Division of Entomology, Sher-E-Kashmir University of Agriculture Science and Technology, Kashmir (SKUAST-K), Shalimar, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India

    Barkat Hussain

  2. Division of Plant Biotechnology, SKUAST-K, Srinagar, India

    Khalid Z. Masoodi & Asma S. Hakak

  3. Rohama Rafiabad, Baramulla, Jammu and Kashmir, India

    Abdul Rasheed War

  4. Sher-E-Kashmir University of Agriculture Science and Technology, Kashmir (SKUAST-K), Shalimar, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India

    Nazeer Ahmad

  5. Division of Forestry, Sher-E-Kashmir University of Agriculture Science and Technology, Kashmir (SKUAST-K), Shalimar, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India

    Tariq Masoodi

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Hussain, B., Masoodi, K.Z., War, A.R. et al. Occurrence of granulovirus infecting Cydia pomonella in high altitude cold arid region of India. VirusDis. 31, 517–525 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13337-020-00638-3

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