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Testing the Physiological Barriers to Viral Transmission in Aphids Using Microinjection
Published on: May 14, 2008
Mitigating epidemics caused by non-persistently transmitted aphid-borne viruses: the role of the pliant environment
M E Irwin1, W G Ruesink, S A Isard
1Natural Resources and Environmental Science, University of Illinois and Illinois Natural History Survey, 1101 West Peabody Drive, Urbana, IL 61801, USA. m-irwin2@uiuc.edu
Abstract:
Using Soybean mosaic virus as a model system, the rate, magnitude and timing of epidemics caused by non-persistently transmitted, aphid-borne viruses are examined under various field conditions. Emphasis is placed on the behavioural responses of vectors to environmental cues, although all three biotic components (host plant, vector and virus) are considered. Both single and double manipulations of the cropping system environment are explored using a computer model developed earlier by Ruesink and Irwin (Plant Virus Epidemics: Monitoring, Modelling and Predicting Outbreaks.
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