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Polyhedral virus diseases affecting the larvae of the privet hawk moth (Sphinx ligustri)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 April 2009

Kenneth M. Smith ,
R. W. G. Wyckoff  and
N. Xeros
Kenneth M. Smith
Affiliation:
Agricultural Research Council, Plant Virus Research Unit, Molteno Institute, University of Cambridge, and Laboratory of Physical Biology, National Institute of Arthritis and Metabolic Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Public Health Service, Federal Security Agency, Bethesda, Maryland.
R. W. G. Wyckoff
Affiliation:
Agricultural Research Council, Plant Virus Research Unit, Molteno Institute, University of Cambridge, and Laboratory of Physical Biology, National Institute of Arthritis and Metabolic Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Public Health Service, Federal Security Agency, Bethesda, Maryland.
N. Xeros
Affiliation:
Agricultural Research Council, Plant Virus Research Unit, Molteno Institute, University of Cambridge, and Laboratory of Physical Biology, National Institute of Arthritis and Metabolic Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Public Health Service, Federal Security Agency, Bethesda, Maryland.
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During June 1951 a quantity of eggs of the privet hawk moth were obtained in Cambridge. On emergence from the egg it was noticed that a number of the young larvae had died, some immediately after emerging, others after a period of a few days. In some cases the young larvae died before they had got completely clear of the egg shell. Examination of these larvae showed that all had died of a polyhedral virus disease.

Type
Research Article
Information
Parasitology , Volume 42 , Issue 3-4 , January 1953 , pp. 287 - 289
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1953

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Smith, Kenneth M. & Wyckoff, R. W. G. (1951). Electron microscopy of insect viruses. Research, Lond., 4, 148–155.Google ScholarPubMed
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