IAL-SFD1
Order
Species
Common Name(s)
Fall armyworm
Primary Designation
IAL-SFD1
Accession No.
CVCL_Z392
Stage
Tissue
Initiator(s)
D. E. Lynn
References
Lynn D.E., Oberlander H. (1983). The establishment of cell lines from imaginal wing discs of Spodoptera frugiperda and Plodia interpunctella. J. Insect Physiol. 29:591-596; Lynn, D. (2007). Available lepidopteran insect cell lines. In: Methods in Molecular Biology, Vol 338: Baculovirus and Insect Cell Expression Protocols (Ed. Murhammar, D. W.), Humana Press Inc., Totowa, NJ, pp 117-137.
Notes
Morphology: cells are epithelial-like and grow in suspension as multicellular, hollow vesicles; Karyology: modal chromosome number was 58 and the range between 32-144; Unique properties: exposure to 20-hydroxyecdysone resulted in a dramatic morphological change in cell vesicles.
Medium
TnM-FH + 10%FBS
Cell Culture Collection
Robert Harrison, USDA, ARS, Invasive Insect Biocontrol and Behavior Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland, USA.
robert.l.harrison@usda.gov
Status
Microorganism Propagation
Susceptible to infection by Autographa californica multiple nucleopolyhedrovirus (AcMNPV), Anticarsia gemmatalis multiple nucleopolyhedrovirus (AgMNPV) and Trichoplusia ni single nucleopolyhedrovirus (TnSNPV)
