Insects like so many other living forms are susceptible to the infectious agents called viruses. Four types of insect viruses are recognized and these are: the nuclear polyhedroses (Borrelinavirus), the cytoplasmic polyhedroses (Smithiavirus), the granuloses (Bergoldiavirus), and non-inclusion viruses (Moratorvirus). Nuclear polyhedrosis viruses are rod-shaped, about 200 to 400 mμ in length and 20 to 70 mμ in diameter (Bergold, 1958). The virus particles are occluded by protein that crystallizes to form the polyhedral inclusion bodies which may range in size from 1.0μ to 10.0μ. Particles and inclusion bodies are formed in the nuclei of susceptible cells.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.115271 |
| Date | January 1963 |
| Creators | Stairs, Gordon. R. |
| Contributors | McFarlane, J. (Supervisor) |
| Publisher | McGill University |
| Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Coverage | Doctor of Philosophy. (Department of Biology.) |
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| Relation | alephsysno: NNNNNNNNN, Theses scanned by McGill Library. |
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