Publications
| Assessing aphids potato virus Y-transmission efficiency: A new approach. | In order to develop an alternative method to optimize the relative efficiency factor (REF) assessment, the efficiency of transmission of Potato virus Y (PVY) by seven aphid species was examined. In vitro micropropagated potato plantlets were used to experiment on phenotypically and genetically homogeneous material. Species-specific acquisition access period (AAP) on a PVY-infected plantlet was assessed for each aphid species using electrical penetration graph (EPG) technique. Aphid probing behav ... | 2011 | 21884729 |
| aphid feeding behavior in relation to potato virus y (pvy) acquisition. | potato virus y (pvy) is transmitted by aphids in a nonpersistent manner and aphid species differ in their ability to transmit pvy. during host selection, aphids will land and probe on nonhost plant species and this behavior is an important component of the epidemiology of many aphid-transmitted viruses. in this study, we hypothesized that host selection behavior varies between aphid species and the host or nonhost status of the plant and this behavior will modulate their ability to acquire pvy. ... | 2012 | 23356052 |