IIBIO   27936
INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOTECNOLOGICAS
Unidad Ejecutora - UE
artículos
Título:
Identification of an Argentinean isolate of Spodoptera frugiperda granulovirus
Autor/es:
PIDRE, MATÍAS LUIS; FERRELLI, MARÍA LETICIA; ROMANOWSKI, VÍCTOR; SABALETTE, KARINA BELÉN
Revista:
REVISTA ARGENTINA DE MICROBIOLOGíA
Editorial:
ASOCIACION ARGENTINA MICROBIOLOGIA
Referencias:
Lugar: Buenos Aires; Año: 2019
ISSN:
0325-7541
Resumen:
The fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda (J.E. Smith) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), is an important maize pest. Due to the environmental impact and emergence of resistance caused by chemical pesticides and transgenic events, the use of baculoviruses becomes a safe and useful alternative for its control in integrated pest management strategies. Here we report the identification of a novel isolate of a granulovirus of S. frugiperda native to the central region of Argentina, named SfGV ARG. We observed that larvae infected with SfGV ARG showed a yellowish coloration, swollen body and, in some cases, severe lesions in the last abdominal segments. We confirmed the identity of the isolate by sequencing fragments of the lef-8, lef-9 and granulin genes and by calculating evolutionary distances using the Kimura-2-Parameter model. SfGV ARG DNA restriction pattern allowed to estimate a genome of at least 135 kb.