A New Nuclear Polyhedrosis Virus of Locust Looper (Ectropis excellens)
- Received Date: 1990-08-13
- Available Online: 2012-12-04
Abstract: The locust looper, Ectropis excellens Butler, is an important insect pest in China. In 1988, a virus was isolated from a diseased larva of locust looper. Electronic micrographs revealed that it is of a new nuclear polyhedrosis virus. The size of polyhedral inclusion bodies of virus is about 0.64~1.92μm. They are triangular and round in shape. The virions measure about 292nm 71.3nm. They are rod-shaped.