Fluorescent Brighteners Improve Anticarsia gemmatalis (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) Nucleopolyhedrovirus (AgMNPV) Activity on AgMNPV-Susceptible and Resistant Strains of the Insect

doi:10.1006/BCON.2000.0904

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Fluorescent Brighteners Improve Anticarsia gemmatalis (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) Nucleopolyhedrovirus (AgMNPV) Activity on AgMNPV-Susceptible and Resistant Strains of the Insect

Published Mar 1, 2001 · L. Morales, F. Moscardi, D. Sosa‐Gómez

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Abstract

Abstract Fluorescent (optical) brighteners are known for their characteristics of protecting baculoviruses against deactivation by ultraviolet (UV) light and enhancing the activity of these agents as microbial insecticides on hosts and semipermissive hosts. These substances were evaluated in combination with the velvetbean caterpillar, Anticarsia gemmatalis Hubner, multiple-embedded nucleopolyhedrovirus (AgMNPV). The first trial involved 4 fluorescent brighteners (Blankophor BBH, Blankophor HRS, Blankophor RKH, and Tinopal LPW) obtained from the United States. The second trial was conducted with 11 fluorescent brighteners (Tinopal UNPA-GX, Tinopal DMS, Tinopal CBS, Leukophor DUB, Leukophor BSBB, Hostalux KS-N, Hostalux ETBN, BRY 10 D2 100, BRY 10 D2 150, Uvitex BHT, and Uvitex NFW) available in Brazil in combination with the AgMNPV to determine the degree of enhancement of viral activity. These brighteners were also evaluated with regard to AgMNPV protection against deactivation by UV light. Combinations of the virus with selected fluorescent brighteners were tested against both AgMNPV-susceptible and resistant strains of A. gemmatalis. In the first trial, brighteners obtained from the United States promoted increases in AgMNPV activity from 5.2-fold (Blankophor HRS) to 76.6-fold (Blankophor RKH) and reduced the mean time to death by 2.8 to 3.5 days. In the second trial, the most effective brightener (Tinopal UNPA-GX) reduced the LC50 in A. gemmatalis larvae from 7083 occlusion bodies (OBs)/ml (virus alone) to 77.8 OBs/ml (≈90-fold). When 4 selected brighteners were tested in combination with the AgMNPV in resistant insects, the LC50 was reduced by ca. 10,000-fold (Leukophor DUB) to ca. 62,000-fold (Tinopal UNPA-GX), in comparison to the LC50 of 3.7 × 107 OBs/ml observed for the virus alone. Therefore, mortality of highly resistant A. gemmatalis larvae to the AgMNPV increased dramatically when the virus was combined with some fluorescent brighteners. UV protection measured by original activity remaining (OAR) varied from 90% OAR (Tinopal UNPA-GX and BRY 10 D2 100). All efficacious brighteners were stilbene disulfonic acid derivatives and, when used alone, none showed negative effects against A. gemmatalis larvae.

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Fluorescent brighteners can significantly enhance the activity of anticarsia gemmatalis nucleopolyhedrovirus (AgMNPV) as microbial insecticides against both susceptible and resistant strains of the velvetbean caterpillar.

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