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Infection of Strategus aloeus (L.) (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) and other Dynastinae with Baculovirus oryctes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

C. J. Lomer
C. J. Lomer
Affiliation:
Institute of Virology, Mansfield Road, Oxford, OX1 3SR, UK
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Abstract

Adults of Strategus aloeus (L.) were shown to be capable of supporting Baculovirus oryctes replication. This was confirmed by serology and by restriction endonuclease analysis. Although bioassays were not performed, the quantity of virus produced was similar to that produced in Oryctes rhinoceros (L.) and should encourage further trials on the potential of this virus to control S. aloeus. Scapanes australis (Boisduval) and Papuana biroi Endrödi did not support adequate virus replication. Previous findings on the susceptibility of O. monoceros (Olivier) were confirmed.

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Bulletin of Entomological Research , Volume 77 , Issue 1 , March 1987 , pp. 45 - 51
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1987

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