FPMI-CF-204
Order
Species
Common Name(s)
Spruce Budworm
Primary Designation
FPMI-CF-204
Accession No.
CVCL_WV84
Stage
Tissue
Initiator(s)
S.S. Sohi
References
Sohi, S. S., Lalouette, W., Macdonald, J. A., Gringorten, J. L., & Budau, C. B. (1993). Establishment of continuous midgut cell lines of spruce budworm (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae). In Vitro Cell Dev Biol A, 29, 56A; Feng, Q., Arif, B. M., Palli, S. R., Sohi, S. S., & Retnakaran, A. (2001). Molecular modifications of baculoviruses for the control of forest insect pests. Advances in Virus Research, 57, 263-290.
Notes
Unique properties: Susceptible to certain delta-endotoxin proteins of Bacillus thuringiensis; Morphology: cells are of different sizes and shapes, and grow attached to the substrate.
Medium
90% EX-CELL 401 + 10%FBS, Grace's + 10% FBS
Cell Culture Collection
D. Doucet, Great Lakes Forestry Centre, Canadian Forest Service, Natural Resources Canada.
daniel.doucet@canada.ca
Status
Microorganism Propagation
Autographa californica nucleopolyhedrovirus (AcMNPV)
