Study of entomopathogenic properties of Cydia pomonella granulovirus against C. pomonella

Cydia pomonella granulovirus (CpGV) is a natural pathogen for Cydia pomonella that is used as a biocontrol agent of insect populations. Among biocontrol agents, CpGV from the Baculoviridae family is considered to be one of the most effective. However, since the development of resistance in natural populations of C. pomonella has been observed during the long-term use of the Mexican isolate CpGV. So the aim of study is to perform molecular-genetic identification and describe the genome properties of new CpGV strains indigenous to the south of Russia and Kazakhstan using the methods of whole-genome sequencing and comparative genomic analysis.