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A METHOD FOR DETECTING VIRAL INFECTION IN POPULATIONS OF NEODIPRION SWAINEI BY EXAMINATION OF PUPAE AND ADULTS

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

W. A. Smirnoff
W. A. Smirnoff
Affiliation:
Forest Research Laboratory, Department of Forestry and Rural Development, Quebec, Quebec
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Abstract

Microscopic examinations revealed that free-floating hard black bodies in larvae, pupae and adults of the Swaine jack-pine sawfly, Neodiprion swainei Midd., often contained polyhedra. A simple and rapid method for detecting the presence of the virus infection before gross symptoms appear is described.

Résumé

L’auteur rapporte la présence fréquente de polyèdres dans certains corps libres, noirs et durs trouvés dans les larves, pulpes et adultes de la tenthrède de Swaine (Neodiprion swainei Midd.). Il décrit une méthode simple et rapide de détection de cette virose avant que les symptômes évidents n’apparaissent.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 99 , Issue 2 , February 1967 , pp. 214 - 216
Copyright
Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1967

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