“…In general, these lines were established from tissues of the natural host of the baculovirus to replicate, because viral yields tend to be higher in infected cultures of these homologous cell lines than in the heterologous ones. For instance, the cell lines saUFL-AG-286 (Anticarsia gemmatalis) (Sieburth & Maruniak, 1988), BM5 (Bombyx mori) (Grace, 1967), BCIRL-HZ-AM1 (Heliothis zea) (McIntosh & Ignoffo, 1981) and IPLB-LdEIta (Lymantria dispar) (Lynn et al, 1988) have been used to produce specifically the viruses AgMNPV, BmNPV, HaSNPV and LdMNPV, respectively. However, these cell lines are not as well characterized as the most widely used lines, and their technological properties (adaptation to suspension, ability to grow in serum-free culture media) are less remarkable or yet unknown.…”