The Journal of Insect Science: Volume 4/Article 31/Table 3

Table 3. Effect of UV-B treatment on the infectivity of AcMNPV recombinants and a clone (AcMNPV-HPP) of the wild type virus^a .

UV-B Exposure Time
LC₅₀ (OB/mm²)
2 h			4 h
Virus	S	NS	S	NS	Ratio (NS/S)
AcRFPCL14	8.6 (L₁ = 5.6; L₂ = 15.6)	20.03 (L₁ = 8.9; L₂ = 47.1)	–	–	2.33
pAcUW21-23GFP	1.11 (L₁ = 0.82; L₂ = 1.46)	0.85 (L₁ = 0.54; L₂ = 1.21)	0.68 (L₁ = 0.55; L₂ = 0.84)	4.1 (L₁ = 0.55; L₂ = 0.84) 8.04 (L₁ = 4.1; L₂ = 16.0)	0.77 (2h) 6.03 (4h) 11.8 (4h)
Ac-HPP	0.34 (L₁ = 0.23; L₂ = 0.48)	26.72 (L₁ = 19.4; L₂ = 37.2)	–	–	78.6

^aBioassays performed on 24 h old Trichoplusia ni larvae employing 75 larvae per dilution for infectivity studies.

S = shielded ; NS = not shielded; (–) not determined; (L₁ = lower 95% C.I.; L₂ = upper 95% C.I.). Values in the 4 h, NS column of pAc-23GFP are from two replications.