Publisher Summary This chapter focuses on the advances in iridovirus research over the
past decade. It summarizes salient features of the iridovirus research studies, and discusses …

Members of the family Iridoviridae infect a diverse array of invertebrate and cold-blooded
vertebrate hosts and are currently viewed as emerging pathogens of fish and amphibians …

Baculovirus genomes are covalently closed circles of double stranded-DNA varying in size
between 80 and 180 kilobase-pair. The genomes of more than fourty-one baculoviruses …

Baculoviruses produce two progeny phenotypes during their replication cycles. The
occlusion-derived virus (ODV) is responsible for initiating primary infection in the larval …

A complete reference genome of the Apis mellifera Filamentous virus (AmFV) was
determined using Illumina Hiseq sequencing. The AmFV genome is a double stranded DNA …

MicroRNAs (miRNAs) have emerged as key players in host–pathogen interaction. Recently,
many virus-encoded miRNAs have been identified from different mammalian species …

The genome of Anticarsia gemmatalis multiple nucleopolyhedrovirus isolate 2D (AgMNPV-
2D), which is the most extensively used virus pesticide in the world, was completely …

To assess the diversity and relationships of baculoviruses found in insects of the heliothine
pest complex, a PCR-based method was used to classify 90 samples of …

Six clones of Spodoptera frugiperda multiple nucleopolyhedrovirus (SfMNPV) were plaque-
purified from field isolates collected in Missouri, USA. In bioassays, four of the plaque …

ABSTRACT The Gryllus bimaculatus nudivirus (GbNV) infects nymphs and adults of the
cricket Gryllus bimaculatus (Orthoptera: Gryllidae). GbNV and other nudiviruses such as …