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In Vivo Dose-Response Of Insects To Hz-2v Infection, John Burand, Christopher Rallis
In Vivo Dose-Response Of Insects To Hz-2v Infection, John Burand, Christopher Rallis
Microbiology Department Faculty Publication Series
Background Hz-2V infection of female Helicoverpa zea moths is manifested as insects that are either sterile "agonadal" individuals with malformed reproductive tissues or fertile asymptomatic carriers which are capable of transmitting virus on to their progeny. Virus infected progeny arising from eggs laid by asymptomatic carrier females may themselves be either sterile agonadals or asymptomatic carriers. Results By injecting virus into female moths, a correlation was established between virus doses administered to the females and the levels of resulting asymptomatic and sterile progeny. Conclusions The results of these experiments indicate that high virus doses produced a higher level of agonadal …