Intra- and intergenerational persistence of an insect nucleopolyhedrovirus: adverse effects of sublethal disease on host development, reproduction, and susceptibility to superinfection

dc.contributor.authorCabodevilla de Andrés, Oihana
dc.contributor.authorVillar Zabal, Eduardo
dc.contributor.authorVirto Garayoa, Cristina
dc.contributor.authorMurillo Pérez, Rosa
dc.contributor.authorWilliams, Trevor
dc.contributor.authorCaballero Murillo, Primitivo
dc.contributor.departmentNekazaritza Ekoizpenaeu
dc.contributor.departmentProducción Agrariaes_ES
dc.contributor.departmentIdAB. Instituto de Agrobiotecnología / Agrobioteknologiako Institutuaes_ES
dc.date.accessioned2019-01-10T08:27:56Z
dc.date.available2019-01-10T08:27:56Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.description.abstractSublethal infections by Spodoptera exigua multiple nucleopolyhedrovirus (SeMNPV) are common in field populations of the beet armyworm (S. exigua, Hübner) in the Almerian horticultural region of Spain. Inoculation of second, third, and fourth instars with occlusion bodies (OBs) of an isolate (VT-SeAl1) associated with vertically transmitted infections resulted in 15 to 100% of sublethal infection in adult survivors, as determined by reverse transcription-PCR (RT-PCR) detection of viral DNA polymerase transcripts, and quantitative PCR (qPCR) targeted at the DNA polymerase gene. The prevalence of adult sublethal infection was positively related to the inoculum OB concentration consumed during the larval stage. Sublethal infections persisted in OBtreated insects for at least five generations. Viral transcripts were more frequently detected in adult insects than in third instars. qPCR analysis indicated a consistently higher prevalence of sublethal infection than RT-PCR. Sublethal infection was associated with significant reductions in pupal weight, adult emergence, fecundity, and fertility (egg hatch) and significant increases in larval development time and duration of the preoviposition period. Insects taken from a persistently infected experimental population were significantly more susceptible to the OB inoculum than control insects that originated from the same virus-free colony as the persistently infected insects. We conclude that OB treatment results in rapid establishment of sublethal infections that persist between generations and which incur costs in the development and reproductive capacity of the host insect.en
dc.description.sponsorshipThis study received financial support from the Spanish Ministry for Science and Technology (AGL2005-07909-CO3-01 and AGL2008- 05456-C03-01). O.C. received a predoctoral fellowship from the Spanish Ministry of Education and Science.en
dc.format.extent7 p.
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dc.identifier.doi10.1128/aem.02762-10
dc.identifier.issn0099-2240 (Print)
dc.identifier.issn1098-5336 (Electronic)
dc.identifier.urihttps://academica-e.unavarra.es/handle/2454/31943
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisherAmerican Society for Microbiologyen
dc.relation.ispartofApplied and Environmental Microbiology, May 2011, p. 2954–2960en
dc.relation.publisherversionhttps://doi.org/10.1128/aem.02762-10
dc.rights© 2011, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.en
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dc.subjectSpodoptera exigua multiple nucleopolyhedrovirus (SeMNPV)en
dc.subjectOcclusion bodies (OBs)en
dc.titleIntra- and intergenerational persistence of an insect nucleopolyhedrovirus: adverse effects of sublethal disease on host development, reproduction, and susceptibility to superinfectionen
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