Aa. Nahif et C. Jungen, Morphology and development of Vairimorpha spec. (Microsporida, Nosematidae) from diamondback moth Plutella xylostella (Lep., Yponomeutidae), J APPL ENT, 122(9-10), 1998, pp. 617-621
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Entomology/Pest Control
Journal title
JOURNAL OF APPLIED ENTOMOLOGY-ZEITSCHRIFT FUR ANGEWANDTE ENTOMOLOGIE
The morphology and development of Vairimorpha spec. are described from chro
nically infected Plutella xylostella. We detected a temperature independent
dimorphism of Vairimorpha spec. in P. xylostella by rearing at 20-23 degre
es C. All organs in each developing host stage of P. xylostella were infect
ed heavily, especially in haemocytes and fat bodies. After infection of the
host a complicated development cycle starts, which is characterized by mer
ogony and sporogony. A disporoblastic (Nosema type) and an octosoproblastic
(Thelohania type) life cycle was found to be temperature independent. Mero
nts, which are spherical with two or four nuclei in diplokaryotic arrangeme
nt, precede both types of sporogony. Both types occur mainly in the fat bod
ies of the larvae and adults, shown after staining with Giemsa and Iron hae
matoxylin.