摘要
Baculoviruses are effective biocontrol agents except of their short persistence under sunlight conditions. Four promising additives containing different groups of antioxidants were tested on cotton plant foliage. Spodoptera littoralis test insect and its nuclepolyhedrovirus （SpliNPV） are the standard material used in the investigation. Results are based on leaf-bioassays, to test Original Activity Remaining （OAR） and Lethal Infectivity Time to 50% （LIT50）of tested population of the virus after exposure to natural sunlight. The results showed that cacao additive at 10%, sustained 50% of virus activity for five days post application （113.11 hours） and three days and a half （83.33 hours） at 5% concentration. The virus alone treatment sustained 50% of its activity for only 24.07 hours. The obtained results suggested the possibility of prolonging the virus activity on plant foliage under field applications.
