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6 September 2021 Pathogenic Assessment of SfMNPV-Based Biopesticide on Spodoptera frugiperda (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) Developing on Transgenic Soybean Expressing Cry1Ac Insecticidal Protein
Marcelo R. Zakseski, José G. da Silva Filho, Matheus Rakes, Juliano de B. Pazini, Ana Paula S. A. da Rosa, Paula Marçon, Holly J. R. Popham, Oderlei Bernardi, Daniel Bernardi
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Pathogenic assessment of a baculovirus-based biopesticide containing Spodoptera frugiperda multiple nucleopolyhedrovirus (SfMNPV: Baculoviridae: Alphabaculovirus) infecting fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda (J. E. Smith, 1797) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) is reported. In the bioassays, neonates were infected with different doses of SfMNPV applied on Cry1Ac Bt soybean and non-Bt soybean. Our findings indicated that S. frugiperda neonates did not survive at 10 d post infection or develop into adults on Bt and non-Bt soybean sprayed with the field recommended dose of SfMNPV. In contrast, a proportion of the infected neonates developed into adults when infected with lower doses of SfMNPV (50%, 25%, and 10% of field dose) in both Bt and non-Bt soybean. However, S. frugiperda neonates surviving infection at the lowest virus doses on both soybean varieties showed longer neonate-to-pupa and neonate-to-adult periods, lower larval and pupal weights, reduced fecundity, and increased population suppression. Nevertheless, more pronounced pathogenicity of SfMNPV infecting neonates of S. frugiperda were verified on larvae that developed on Bt soybean. These findings revealed that, beyond mortality, the biopesticide containing SfMNPV also causes significant sublethal pathogenic effects on neonates of S. frugiperda developing on Bt and non-Bt soybean and suggested an additive effect among SfMNPV and Cry1Ac insecticidal protein expressed in Bt soybean.

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Marcelo R. Zakseski, José G. da Silva Filho, Matheus Rakes, Juliano de B. Pazini, Ana Paula S. A. da Rosa, Paula Marçon, Holly J. R. Popham, Oderlei Bernardi, and Daniel Bernardi "Pathogenic Assessment of SfMNPV-Based Biopesticide on Spodoptera frugiperda (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) Developing on Transgenic Soybean Expressing Cry1Ac Insecticidal Protein," Journal of Economic Entomology 114(6), 2264-2270, (6 September 2021). https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/toab170
Received: 28 June 2021; Accepted: 16 August 2021; Published: 6 September 2021
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KEYWORDS
baculovirus
Bt crop
fall armyworm
life history trait
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