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The transmission of plant viruses by aphides

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 April 2009

Kenneth M. Smith
Affiliation:
The Plant Virus Research Station, the Molteno Institute, and the Strangeways Laboratory, Cambridge
D. E. Lea
Affiliation:
The Plant Virus Research Station, the Molteno Institute, and the Strangeways Laboratory, Cambridge

Extract

1. Experiments are described on the transmission of mottle and vein-distorting viruses by aphides.

2. A quantitative analysis is made of Watson's experiments on the aphis transmission of persistent and non-persistent viruses. The principal features of the experimental results can be explained in terms of different rates of inactivation of the virus in the insect.

3. It is shown that these considerations explain why non-persistent viruses are more commonly sap-transmissible than persistent viruses.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1946

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