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Simulated acid rain reduces the susceptibility of the European pine sawfly (Neodiprion sertifer) to its nuclear polyhedrosis virus

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The study dealt with the effect of simulated acid rain (both H2SO4 and HNO3; acidities of pH 4 and pH 3) on the susceptibility of the larvae of Neodiprion sertifer to its nuclear polyhedrosis virus. Scots pines growing in a subarctic area with low ambient pollution levels were irrigated with simulated acid rain during two summers. Neodiprion larvae fed with foliage from the experimental trees were infected with a dilute virus suspension. The acid treatment of host trees had a significant effect on the proportion of virus-treated larvae alive 16 days after the virus application: there were almost no differences between the controls and the pH 4 irrigation group, but on the needles of pH 3-treated trees larval survival was twice as high as with other treatments. The direct spraying of acid water on the needles before they were fed to the larvae did not significantly affect the survival of virus infected larvae. Our results suggest that acid rain may reduce the susceptibility of Neodiprion larvae to virus disease via changes in the quality of pine foliage.

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  1. Laboratory of Ecological Zoology, Department of Biology, University of Turku, SF-20500, Turku 50, Finland

    S. Neuvonen, K. Saikkonen & E. Haukioja

  2. Kevo Subarctic Research Institute, University of Turku, SF-20500, Turku 50, Finland

    S. Neuvonen, K. Saikkonen & E. Haukioja

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Neuvonen, S., Saikkonen, K. & Haukioja, E. Simulated acid rain reduces the susceptibility of the European pine sawfly (Neodiprion sertifer) to its nuclear polyhedrosis virus. Oecologia 83, 209–212 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00317754

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