Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária, Embrapa Soja, Londrina, PR, Brasil.
Depto de Biologia Celular, Univ of Brasília, Brasília, DF, Brasil.
Neotrop Entomol. 2020 Jun;49(3):315-331. doi: 10.1007/s13744-020-00770-1. Epub 2020 May 1.
The market for biological control of insect pests in the world and in Brazil has grown in recent years due to the unwanted ecological and human health impacts of chemical insecticides. Therefore, research on biological control agents for pest management has also increased. For instance, insect viruses have been used to protect crops and forests around the world for decades. Among insect viruses, the baculoviruses are the most studied and used viral biocontrol agent. More than 700 species of insects have been found to be naturally infected by baculoviruses, with 90% isolated from lepidopteran insects. In this review, some basic aspects of baculovirus infection in vivo and in vitro infection, gene content, viral replication will be discussed. Furthermore, we provide examples of the use of insect viruses for biological pest control and recently characterized baculoviruses in Brazil.
近年来，由于化学杀虫剂对生态和人类健康造成的不良影响，世界和巴西的害虫生物防治市场不断扩大。因此，害虫管理的生物防治剂研究也有所增加。例如，昆虫病毒已被用于保护世界各地的作物和森林数十年。在昆虫病毒中，杆状病毒是研究和使用最多的病毒生物防治剂。已经发现超过 700 种昆虫自然感染杆状病毒，其中 90%分离自鳞翅目昆虫。在这篇综述中，将讨论杆状病毒在体内和体外感染、基因含量、病毒复制等方面的一些基本方面。此外，还提供了昆虫病毒用于生物防治害虫的实例以及巴西最近鉴定的杆状病毒。
