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Chinese Journal of Biological Control ›› 2025, Vol. 41 ›› Issue (4): 819-825.DOI: 10.16409/j.cnki.2095-039x.2024.11.009

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Optimisation of Conditions for the Proliferation of DpCPV by Alternative Host, Spodoptera exigua (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)

ZHAO Zhengping, ZHANG Min, XIA Yonggang, ZHONG Wuhong, YAN Xuewu   

  1. Southern Natural Enemies Breeding and Application Engineering Research Center of National Forestry and Grassland Administration/Hunan Academy of Forestry, Changsha 410004, China
  • Received:2024-06-24 Published:2025-08-15

Abstract: Spodoptera exigua is one of the dominant alternative hosts for the proliferation of Dendrolimus punctatus cytoplasmic polyhedrosis virus (DpCPV). The optimal conditions for the proliferation of DpCPV in S. exigua were determined in this study through employing an in vivo amplification method to compare the effects of various DpCPV inoculum doses, larval stage, inoculation frequency, feeding temperature and larval density on proliferation of DpCPV. The results showed that under the same DpCPV inoculum doses, the proliferation of DpCPV in S. exigua increased first and then decreased. With the increase of DpCPV inoculum doses, the proliferation of DpCPV in the 2nd instar larvae of S. exigua increased first and then decreased, and the proliferation of DpCPV in the 3rd to 5th instar larvae of S. exigua continued to increase. In addition, the proliferation of DpCPV decreased with the increase of inoculation frequency, feeding temperature and larval density. These results showed that the optimal combination conditions for the proliferation of DpCPV in S. exigua are: DpCPV inoculum concentration of 1×106 PIB/mL (the inoculum dose of 5×103 PIB/larva) in the 3rd instar larvae of S. exigua, and the inoculation frequency of 1 time, the feeding temperature of 20 ℃, the feeding density of 100 larvae/box (0.05 larvae/cm2), which resulted in proliferation of DpCPV at 2.01×109 PIB/larva. The results provide theoretical basis and technical support for industrialized production and forest application of DpCPV.

Key words: alternative host, Spodoptera exigua, Dendrolimus punctatus cytoplasmic polyhedrosis virus (DpCPV), virus proliferation, condition optimization

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