Anticarsia gemmatalis

In such a system, a species-specific virus is used. In the case of soy cultivation, this virus is Baculovirus anticarsia, which specifically kills a caterpillar found on the soy - Anticarsia gemmatalis - a defoliating pest that substantially reduces farming productivity. With this bioinsecticide,... 

In a study carried out by Castro et al. (1997), the authors evaluated the susceptibility of four different lepidopteran cell lines to AgMNPV virus. Anticarsia gemmatalis (UFL-AG-286) and Spodoptera frugiperda (IPLBSF-21) infected cells were productive, whereas Choristoneura fumi-ferana (IPRI-CF-124T) and Bombyx mori (BM-5) infected cells were abortive. 

Castro MEB, Souza ML, Araujo S, Bilimoria, SL (1997), Replication of Anticarsia gemmatalis nuclear polyhedrosis virus in four lepidopteran cell lines, T. Invertebr. Pathol. 69 40-45. 

Moscardi F, Santos B (2005), Produqao comercial do nucleopoliedrovirus de Anticarsia gemmatalis Huber (Lep. Noctuidae) em laboratorio, 9° Simposio de Controle Biologico (Siconbiol 2005), Recife, PE. 

Santos B (2003), Avan os na produ ao massal de lagartas de Anticarsia gemmatalis Hubner 1818 (Lepidoptera Noctuidae) infectadas com o seu virus de poliedrose nuclear, em laboratorio e do bioinseticida a base desse virus, Tese de Doutorado, Universidade Federal do Parana, Curitiba, PR. 

Heath, R.R., Landolt, P.J., Leppla, N.C. andDueben, B.D. (1988). Identification of a male-produced pheromone of Anticarsia gemmatalis (Hiibner) (Lepidoptera Noctuidae) attractive to conspecific males../. Chem. Ecol., 14,1121-1130. 

YU, S.J., Microsomal oxidation of allelochemicals in generalist (Spodoptera Jrugiperda) and semispecialist (Anticarsia gemmatalis) insects., J. Chem. Ecol, 1987,13, 423-436. 

Johnson, D.W., Boucias, D.B., Barfield, C.S., and Allen, G.E., 1982. A temperature-dependent development model for a nucleopolyhedrosis vims of the velvetbean caterpillar, Anticarsia gemmatalis (Lepidoptera Noctuidae). J. Invertebr. Pathol. 35 34 42. 

It is interesting that parasitism by . sonorensis of two non-permissive hosts, the velvetbean caterpillar, Anticarsia gemmatalis. and the bertha armyworm, Mamestra configurata, did not stimulate the production of the glycoprotein by those hosts (107). 

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