NIV-SU-1095
Order
Species
Common Name(s)
Asian cotton leafworm
Primary Designation
NIV-SU-1095
Accession No.
CVCL_Z306
Stage
Tissue
Initiator(s)
U. Pant
References
Pant, U., Athavale, S. S., & Vipat, V. C. (2000). A NEW CONTINUOUS CELL LINE FROM LARVAL HEMOCYTES OF SPODOPTERA LITURA (F.). Indian J. Exp. Biol., 38, 1201-1206; Sudeep, A. B., Mourya, D. T., & Mishra, A. C. (2005). Insect cell culture in research: Indian scenario. Indian Journal of Medical Research, 121(6), 725-738.
Notes
Morphology: 3 cell types could be distinguished, plasmatocytes (53%), prohemocytes (36%) and granular hemocytes (11%); Karyology: chromosome number is very high, 74% metaphase cells showed more than 100 chromosomes.
Medium
Grace's insect medium + 20% FBS
Cell Culture Collection
National Institute of Virology, Pune, India.
Status
Microorganism Propagation
Susceptible to infection by Autographa californica multiple nucleopolyhedrosis virus (AcMNPV) and Spodoptera litura nuclear polyhedrosis virus (SliNPV).
