Interactions of maize bushy stunt phytoplasma with the leafhopper vector, Dalbulus maidis (Delong and Wolcott) (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) and associated microbiota

Phytoplasmas are bacteria with a persistent propagative transmission by insect vectors that generates direct and indirect interactions among them. In order to understand these interactions for maize bushy stunt phytoplasma (MBSP) and the leafhopper vector Dalbulus maidis (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae), t...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gonzalez, Javier Garcia
Other Authors: Lopes, Joao Roberto Spotti
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: Biblioteca Digitais de Teses e Dissertações da USP 2016
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Online Access:http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/11/11146/tde-03052016-175553/