Population structure of Cydia pomonella granulovirus isolates revealed by quantitative analysis of genetic variation.

ABSTRACT: Genetic diversity of viruses is driven by genomic mutations and selection through its host, resulting in differences in virulence as well as host responses. For baculoviruses, which are naturally occurring pathogens of insects and which are frequently sprayed on hundred thousands to millions of hectares as biocontrol agents of insect pests, the phenomenon of virus-host co-evolution is of particular scientific interest and economic importance because high virulence of baculovirus products is essential and emergence of host resistance needs to be avoided as much as possible. In the present study, the population structure of twenty isolates of the Cydia pomonella granulovirus (CpGV), including twelve isolates from different geographic origins and eight commercial formulations, were studied on

SUBMITTER: Fan J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7816688 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature