Red-light is an environmental effector for mutualism between begomovirus and its vector whitefly.

Environments such as light condition influence the spread of infectious diseases by affecting insect vector behavior. However, whether and how light affects the host defense which further affects insect preference and performance, remains unclear, nor has been demonstrated how pathogens co-adapt lig...

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Main Authors: Pingzhi Zhao, Xuan Zhang, Yuqing Gong, Duan Wang, Dongqing Xu, Ning Wang, Yanwei Sun, Lianbo Gao, Shu-Sheng Liu, Xing Wang Deng, Daniel J Kliebenstein, Xueping Zhou, Rong-Xiang Fang, Jian Ye
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021-01-01
Series:PLoS Pathogens
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1008770