%0 Journal Article %9 ACL : Articles dans des revues avec comité de lecture répertoriées par l'AERES %A Gomez-Bonilla, Y. %A Lopez-Ferber, M. %A Caballero, P. %A Léry, Xavier %A Munoz, D. %T Characterization of a Costa Rican granulovirus strain highly pathogenic against its indigenous hosts, Phthorimaea operculella and Tecia solanivora %D 2011 %L fdi:010053740 %G ENG %J Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata %@ 0013-8703 %K microbial control ; adaptation to host ; PhopGV ; Baculoviridae ; Lepidoptera ; Gelechiidae ; tuberworm ; integrated pest management ; Betabaculovirus %M ISI:000293525000007 %N 3 %P 238-246 %R 10.1111/j.1570-7458.2011.01156.x %U https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010053740 %> https://www.documentation.ird.fr/intranet/publi/2011/08/010053740.pdf %V 140 %W Horizon (IRD) %X A granulovirus isolate collected from diseased Phthorimaea operculella (Zeller) (Lepidoptera: Gele-chiidae) larvae in Costa Rican potato [Solanum tuberosum L. (Solanaceae)] crops was characterized at the molecular and biological level. Restriction endonuclease analysis identified this isolate as a novel P. operculella granulovirus (PhopGV) (Baculoviridae: Betabaculovirus) strain and was designated as PhopGV-CR1. In addition, PCR amplification of four specific variable genomic regions yielded multiple amplicons for two open reading frames, revealing the presence of different genotypic variants within the virus population. Biologically, PhopGV-CR1 was highly pathogenic for its two indigenous hosts, although significant differences of up to four-fold were detected against P. operculella [LD50 = 17.9 occlusion bodies (OBs) mm)(-2)] and Tecia solanivora (Povolny) (Lepidoptera: Gele-chiidae) (LD50 = 69.1 OBs mm)(-2)). The two P. operculella colonies, from Costa Rica and France, were equally susceptible to PhopGV-CR1. Serial passage of PhopGV-CR1 over four generations in T. solanivora increased its pathogenicity by five-fold in three generations, suggesting an ongoing adaptation to its alternate host. %$ 076