Expression of <i>Campoletis sonorensis</i> Virus in the Parasitized Host, <i>Heliothis virescens</i>

Abstract

Polyadenylated mRNA transcripts of the virus of Campoletis sonorensis were detected in Heliothis virescens host larvae 2 h after the larvae had been parasitized by C. sonorensis females and continued to be present in host larvae through 9 days postparasitization while C. sonorensis developed endoparasitically. cDNAs of viral transcripts present in H. virescens hybridized with only certain C. sonorensis viral DNAs.