Many embryonic Pieris rapae (imported cabbageworm) cell lines were established from 24-hr-old P. rapae eggs. Some were characterized by growth curve analysis and by malate and lactate dehydrogenase isozyme comparison with other lepidopteran and mosquito cell lines. Most of the cell lines were screened for susceptibility to P. rapae granulosis virus using the peroxidase antiperoxidase assay and ...
