Journal of General Virology (2005), 86, 1349–1355
DOI 10.1099/vir.0.80845-0
Spodoptera frugiperda resistance to oral infection by Autographa californica multiple nucleopolyhedrovirus linked to aberrant occlusion-derived virus binding in the midgut Eric J. Haas-Stapleton,3 Jan O. Washburn and Loy E. Volkman Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, 251 Koshland Hall, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720-3102, USA
Correspondence Loy E. Volkman
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Received 20 December 2004 Accepted 1 February 2005
Spodoptera frugiperda larvae are highly resistant to oral infection by Autographa californica multiple nucleopolyhedrovirus (AcMNPV) (LD50, ~9200 occlusions), but extremely susceptible to budded virus within the haemocoel (LD50,
