Virulence and characteristics of a new nucleopolyhedrovirus strain of Dendrolimus kikuchii (Lepidoptera: Lasiocampidae)

Miao Miao Yang^1,2,6, Meng Lou Li¹, Yu Zhu Wang², Liang Jian Qu², Ke Yue Huai³, Xue Wen Nie⁴, Lu Qin Qiao⁵, Jin Ying Ding⁶ and Yong An Zhang²*

¹Forestry Entomology Laboratory of Academic Forestry, Northwest Agriculture and Forest University, Yangling 712100 China.

²The Key Laboratory of Forest Protection, State Forestry Administration of China, Research Institute of Forest Ecology, Environment and Protection, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing 100091 China.

³Forestry Research Institute of Yunnan, Yunnan 650000 China.

⁴Forest Protection Station Mile County of Yunnan, Yunnan 652300 China.

⁵College of Plant Protection, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai’an 271018 China.

⁶Ningxia agricultural school, Yinchuan 750000 China.