Confirmation of Oryctes rhinoceros nudivirus infections in G-haplotype coconut rhinoceros beetles (Oryctes rhinoceros) from Palauan PCR-positive populations

• Published in: Scientific reports Vol. 11; no. 1; pp. 18820 - 12
• Main Authors: Tanaka, Shunsuke, Harrison, Robert L., Arai, Hiroshi, Katayama, Yukie, Mizutani, Tetsuya, Inoue, Maki N., Miles, Joel, Marshall, Sean D. G., Kitalong, Christopher, Nakai, Madoka
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 20.09.2021; Nature Publishing Group; Nature Portfolio
• Subjects: 631/158/2445; 631/326/596/2557; Animals; Archipelagoes; Biological control; Coleoptera - genetics; Coleoptera - metabolism; Coleoptera - virology; DNA Viruses - genetics; Electron microscopy; Genome, Viral - genetics; Genomes; Haplotypes; Haplotypes - genetics; Hemocoel; Host Microbial Interactions - genetics; Humanities and Social Sciences; Inoculum; Larva - genetics; Larvae; multidisciplinary; Nudiviridae - genetics; Nudiviridae - pathogenicity; Oryctes rhinoceros; Oryctes rhinoceros nudivirus; Palau; Pest Control, Biological - methods; Polymerase Chain Reaction - methods; Science; Science (multidisciplinary); Viral infections; Palau

Coconut rhinoceros beetle (CRB), Oryctes rhinoceros , is a pest of palm trees in the Pacific. Recently, a remarkable degree of palm damage reported in Guam, Hawaii, Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands has been associated with a particular haplotype (clade I), known as “CRB-G”. In the Palau Archipel...