Question

Baculoviruses are/have

• A. Pathogens that attack insects and other arthropods
• B. Members of genus Nucleopolyhedrovirus that are never used as biocontrol
• C. Species-specific, broad spectrum insecticides
• D. Few negative impacts on plants, mammals, birds, fishes or even on non-target insects

Answer 1

Answer: (A)

Pathogens that attack insects and other arthropods. The baculoviruses are family of large rod-shaped circular DNA viruses that can be divided to two genera- nucleopolyhedroviruses (NPV) and granuloviruses (GV)