The 2005 ESA Annual Meeting and Exhibition
December 15-18, 2005
Ft. Lauderdale, FL

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Friday, December 16, 2005 - 4:18 PM
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Biological effects of medicinal plants: nucleopolyhedroviruses

Martin Shapiro, mshapir@CLEMSON.edu, Rolando Lopez, rgutier@clemson.edu, and Merle B. Shepard, mshprd@CLEMSON.EDU. Clemson University, Coastal Research and Education Center, 2700 Savannah Hwy, Charleston, SC

Twenty nine medicinal herbs were tested in the laboratory for their effects upon the biological activity fo the gypsy moth, Lymantria dispar, nucleopolyhedrovirus (LdMNPV). Seven herbs acted as viral enhancers (dandelion, feverfew, sarsaparilla, skullcap, St. John's wort, tansy, valerian)and one (slippery elm), inhibited viral activity. Plant products have been evaluated as sunlight protectants for the beet armyworm, Spodoptera exigua, nucleopolyhedrovirus (SeMNPV).


Species 1: Lepidoptera Lymantriidae Lymantria dispar (gypsy moth)
Species 2: Lepidoptera Noctuidae Spodoptera exigua (Beet armyworm)
Keywords: gypsy moth

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