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Exploring Virus Diversity in the Potato leafhopper (Empoasca fabae), an Economically Important Agricultural Pest.
Viruses - 16 Aug 2024
Thekke-Veetil Thanuja, Lagos-Kutz Doris, Domier Leslie L, McCoppin Nancy K, Hartman Glen L, Clough Steven J
Abstract excerpt
The potato leafhopper (Empoasca fabae, PLH) is a serious pest that feeds on a wide range of agricultural crops and is found throughout the United States but is not known to be a vector for plant-infecting viruses. We probed the diversity of virus sequences in field populations of PLH collected from four Midwestern states: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, and Minnesota. High-throughput sequencing data from total RNAs...
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