Commercially granulosis virus (GV) used for the control of

Commercially granulosis virus (GV) is used for the control of Chilo infuseatellus.
Granuloviruses (GVs) are rod-shaped, double-stranded DNA viruses of the family Baculoviridae which infect a wide range of Lepidoptera and a few Hymenoptera. These viruses cause a highly infectious disease in the larvae of susceptible species.
Granulosis virus is commonly utilized as a carrier for insecticides, in an attempt to reduce potato tuber moth Phthorimaea operculella (Zeller) (PTM) damage at harvest.