ReviewViruses2025
Baculovirus Genetic Diversity and Population Structure.
Review in Viruses, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 6 papers.
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6 citing papers in PubMed.
- Direct and Indirect Effects of a Glyphosate-Based Herbicide on Spodoptera frugiperda Multiple Nucleopolyhedrovirus (Insects · 2026Article
- Comparative virome analysis of lake and domestic wastewater revealed the unexpected presence of swine acute diarrhea syndrome coronavirus andFrontiers in microbiology · 2026Article
- Metabolic profiling of baculovirus infection in Helicoverpa armigera fat body shows that Mamestra brassicae multiple nucleopolyhedrovirus promotes self-replication by increasing the synthesis of phosphatidylcholine.Archives of virology · 2025Article
- Pathogens That Rewrite the Rules: Ascoviruses, Elegant Manipulators of Cell Death Pathways and Architects of the Extracellular Viral Paradigm.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
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- Correction: López-Ferber et al. Baculovirus Genetic Diversity and Population Structure.Viruses · 2025Article
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- Erratum issued
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Abstract
Baculoviruses can naturally regulate lepidopteran populations and are used as biological insecticides. The genetic diversity of these viruses affects their survival and efficacy in pest control. For nucleopolyhedroviruses, occlusion-derived virions and the occlusion body facilitate the transmission of groups of genomes, whereas this is not the case for granuloviruses. We review the evidence for baculovirus genetic diversity in the environment, in the host insect, and in occlusion bodies and virions. Coinfection allows defective genotypes to persist through complementation and results in the pseudotyping of virus progeny that can influence their transmissibility and insecticidal properties. Genetic diversity has marked implications for the development of pest resistance to virus insecticides. We conclude that future research is warranted on the physical segregation of genomes during virus replication and on the independent action of virions during infection. We also identify opportunities for studies on the transmission of genetic diversity and host resistance to viruses.
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