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John Burand

Associate Professor of Entomology
Department of Plant, Soil & Insect Sciences
Fernald Hall 202A
University of Massachusetts
Amherst, MA 01003
Tel. (413) 545-3629
jburand@microbio.umass.edu

Education

Ph.D. 1979, Washington State University

Specialties

• Insect Pathogenic Viruses
• Bee Pathogens
• Baculovirus Expression Systems
• Insect Cell Culture

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Selected Publications

Burand, J.P. 2008. Unassigned Non-occluded Insect Viruses. In B. May and M. Van Regenmortel (eds.) Encyclopedia of Virology 3 rd Edition. Elsevier, Oxford, United Kingdom. (In Press).

Wang, Y., J. P. Burand and J. A. Jehle . 2007. Nudivirus genomics: diversity and classification. Virologica Sinica 22:128-136.

Burand, J.P. and W. Tan. 2006. Mate preference and mating behavior of male Helicoverpa zea (Lepidoptera:Noctuidae) moths infected with the sexually transmitted insect virus Hz-2V. Annals of Entomological Society of America 99:967-973.

Burand, J.P., W. Tan, W. Kim, S. Nojima and W. Roelofs. 2005. Altered Mating Behavior and Pheromone Production in Female Helicoverpa zea Moths Infected with the Insect Virus Hz-2V. J. Insect. Science 5:6. insectscience.org.

Burand, J. P.and C. P. Rallis. 2004. In vivo dose-response of insects to Hz-2V infection. Virology Journal. 1:15.

Burand, J.P., C. P. Rallis and W. Tan. 2004. Horizontal transmission of Hz-2V by virus infected Helicoverpa zea moths. J. Invertebr. Pathol. 85:128-131.

Rallis, C.P. and J.P. Burand. 2002. Pathology and ultrastructure of the insect virus, Hz-2V, infecting agonadal female corn earworms, Helicoverpa zea. J. Invertebr. Pathol. 81:33-44.

Rallis, C.P. and J.P. Burand. 2002. Pathology and ultrastructure of the insect virus, Hz-2V, infecting agonadal male corn earworms, Helicoverpa zea. J. Invertebr. Pathol. 80:81-89.

Guttieri, M.C. and J.P. Burand. 2001. Nucleotide sequence and regulation of the p51 late gene of Hz-1V: identification of a putative late regulatory element. Virus Genes 23: 17-25.

Lu, H. and J.P. Burand. 2001. Replication of the gonad-specific virus Hz-2V in Ld652Y cells mimics replication in vivo. J. Invertebr. Pathol. 77:44-50.