IPRI-CF-6
Order
Species
Common Name(s)
Spruce Budworm
Primary Designation
IPRI-CF-6
Accession No.
CVCL_Z478
Stage
Tissue
Initiator(s)
G.T. Harvey and S.S. Sohi
References
Harvey, G. T., & Sohi, S. S. (1985). Isozyme characterization of 28 cell lines from five insect species. Canadian journal of zoology, 63(10), 2270-2276; Harvey, G. T., & Sohi, S. S. (1989). Isozyme characterization of 8 hymenopteran and 20 lepidopteran cell lines. Invertebrate Cell System Applications, 1, 71-76; 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; Authentication: isozyme profiles used for the identification and monitoring of cell cultures.
Medium
90% Grace's insect medium + 10% FBS
Cell Culture Collection
D. Doucet, Great Lakes Forestry Centre, Canadian Forest Service, Natural Resources Canada.
daniel.doucet@canada.ca
Status
Microorganism Propagation
Choristoneura fumiferalza multinucleocapsid nucleopolyhedrovirus (cfMNPV)
