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- Title
Inoculation and acquisition of maize bushy stunt mycoplasma by its leafhopper vector Dalbulus maidis.
- Authors
LEGRAND, ANA I; POWER, ALISON G
- Abstract
Summary Maize bushy stunt mycoplasma (MBSM), a mycoplasma-like organism, is transmitted in a persistent manner by the corn leafhopper, Dalbulus maidis, to maize (Zea mays). The influence of the duration of acquisition access and inoculation access periods on the transmission of MBSM by D. maidis was investigated. The proportion of plants infected by D. maidis increased significantly from 0 to 0.51 as the inoculation access time to a plant increased from 10 min to 72 h (X2= 101.5, P < 0.001). Likewise, the proportion of insects acquiring MBSM from infected plants increased from 0 to 0.19 as the acquisition access time to the source plant increased from 10 min to 72 h (X2= 53.2, P < 0.001). The data were fitted to a loglinear regression model. No significant association was found between the sex of the insects and vector ability.
- Publication
Annals of Applied Biology, 1994, Vol 125, Issue 1, p115
- ISSN
0003-4746
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1744-7348.1994.tb04952.x