Hitching a Ride: Examining the Ability of a Specialist Baculovirus to Translocate through Its Insect Host's Food Plant.

Plant vascular systems can translocate the entomopathogen from the soil into plant tissues. However, whether other soil dwelling entomopathogens utilize plant vascular tissue for movement has not yet been fully explored. We used multiple nucleopolyhedrovirus (SfMNPV) to evaluate whether baculoviruses, a common entomopathogen and bioinsecticide, can be transported through the plant vascular pathways of .