Specific insect-virus interactions are responsible for variation in competency of different Thrips tabaci isolines to transmit different Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus isolates.

Local adaptation between sympatric host and parasite populations driven by vector genetics appears to be a factor that influences dynamics of disease epidemics and evolution of insect-vectored viruses. Although T. tabaci is the primary vector of Tomato spotted wilt virus (TSWV) in some areas of the...

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Main Authors: Alana L Jacobson, George G Kennedy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3554729?pdf=render