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Advances in Disease Vector Research (Volume 7)
Christopher Andrews
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Description for Advances in Disease Vector Research (Volume 7)
paperback. Series: Advances in Disease Vector Research. Num Pages: 211 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MMFM; PSV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 364.
We open Volume 7 with a series of four chapters on plant virus transmission by insects. In Chapter 1, Karen Gibb and John Randles present preliminary information about an association between the plant bug Cyrtopeitis nicotianae (Heteroptera: Miridae) and velvet tobacco mottle virus (VTMo V): the only reported instance of mirid transmission of a known virus. Mirids could be considered as likely vectors of plant viruses because they are phytophagous, possess a piercing-sucking-feeding apparatus, have winged adults, and are cosmopolitan pests of a wide range of crops. Surprisingly, however, there are only three plant viruses purportedly transmitted by heteropterous vectors, ... Read more
We open Volume 7 with a series of four chapters on plant virus transmission by insects. In Chapter 1, Karen Gibb and John Randles present preliminary information about an association between the plant bug Cyrtopeitis nicotianae (Heteroptera: Miridae) and velvet tobacco mottle virus (VTMo V): the only reported instance of mirid transmission of a known virus. Mirids could be considered as likely vectors of plant viruses because they are phytophagous, possess a piercing-sucking-feeding apparatus, have winged adults, and are cosmopolitan pests of a wide range of crops. Surprisingly, however, there are only three plant viruses purportedly transmitted by heteropterous vectors, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Springer/Sci-Tech/Trade United States
Number of pages
211
Condition
New
Series
Advances in Disease Vector Research
Number of Pages
211
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9781461390466
SKU
V9781461390466
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