Effect of watermelon silver mottle virus on the life history and feeding preference of Thrips palmi.

Thrips-borne tospoviruses cause numerous plant diseases that produce severe economic losses worldwide. In the disease system, thrips not only damage plants through feeding but also transmit causative agents of epidemics. In addition, thrips are infected with tospoviruses in the course of virus trans...

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Main Authors: Wei-Te Chen, Chien-Hao Tseng, Chi-Wei Tsai
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4092097?pdf=render