First Report of Oryctes rhinoceros nudivirus (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) Causing Severe Disease in Allomyrina dichotoma in Korea

Oryctes rhinoceros nudivirus (OrNV) has been known to cause severe disease in coconut palm rhinoceros beetle, Oryctes rhinoceros, in Southeastern Asia and is used as a biological control to reduce the pest population. Here, we report for the first time that the OrNV may have landed on Korea and may...

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Published in:Journal of insect science (Tucson, Ariz.) Ariz.), 2015, Vol.15 (1), p.1-3
Main Authors: Lee, Seokhyun, Park, Kwan-Ho, Nam, Sung-Hee, Kwak, Kyu-Won, Choi, Ji-Young
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animals
Biological Control Agents
Coleoptera
Coleoptera - growth & development
Coleoptera - virology
diagnostics
Distribution
Genome, Viral
insect rearing
Insect Viruses - genetics
Insect Viruses - physiology
Larva - growth & development
Larva - virology
Molecular Sequence Data
Plant viruses
Republic of Korea
Scarabaeidae
Sequence Analysis, DNA
virology
Virus diseases of plants
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Summary:Oryctes rhinoceros nudivirus (OrNV) has been known to cause severe disease in coconut palm rhinoceros beetle, Oryctes rhinoceros, in Southeastern Asia and is used as a biological control to reduce the pest population. Here, we report for the first time that the OrNV may have landed on Korea and may be the major pathogen for diseased larvae of Korean horn beetle, Allomyrina dichotoma. After peroral inoculation, over 60% of infected larvae perished in 6 wk. This viral disease spreads very fast in several locations throughout Korea. This threat not only makes economic loss of local farms rearing A. dichotoma larvae but also may disturb the ecosystem by transmitting to wild A. dichotoma.
ISSN:1536-2442
1536-2442
DOI:10.1093/jisesa/iev002