Studies with a Virus Disease of Red Hairy Caterpillar Amsacta albistriga W.Susceptibility and Gross Pathology

R.JebamaniRabindra; T.R.Subramaniam

doi:https://doi.org/10.29321/MAJ.10.003116

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Studies with a Virus Disease of Red Hairy Caterpillar Amsacta albistriga W.Susceptibility and Gross Pathology

R.JebamaniRabindra T.R.Subramaniam

Volume : 62

Issue: Jul-jul

Pages: 453 - 455

DOI: https://doi.org/10.29321/MAJ.10.003116

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Abstract

Symptoms and pathology of nuclear polyhedrosis of Amsaca albistrigo were studied.Caterpillars in advanced stage of infection lost all hair and gave a naked appearance and the colour turned brick red.Infected caterpillars were very restless.The incubation period increased and the mortality decreased as the age increased.Length of infected caterpillars was severaly affected by virus infection.The haemolymph turned milky white in caterpillars which were in advanced stage of the disease.

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https://doi.org/10.29321/MAJ.10.003116

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453 - 455

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© The Author(s), 2026. Published by Madras Agricultural Students' Union in Madras Agricultural Journal (MAJ). This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited by the user.

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