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Viral infection of tobacco plants improves performance of Bemisia tabaci but more so for an invasive than for an indigenous biotype of the whitefly.
Journal of Zhejiang University. Science. B - 1 Jan 2010
Liu Jian, Li Meng, Li Jun-min, Huang Chang-jun, Zhou Xue-ping, Xu Fang-cheng, Liu Shu-sheng
Abstract excerpt
The ecological effects of plant-virus-vector interactions on invasion of alien plant viral vectors have been rarely investigated. We examined the transmission of Tomato yellow leaf curl China virus (TYLCCNV) by the invasive Q biotype and the indigenous ZHJ2 biotype of the whitefly Bemisia tabaci,...
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