| bacterial communities of two parthenogenetic aphid species cocolonizing two host plants across the hawaiian islands. | aphids (hemiptera: aphididae) have been the focus of several studies with respect to their interactions with inherited symbionts, but bacterial communities of most aphid species are still poorly characterized. in this research, we used bar-coded pyrosequencing to characterize bacterial communities in aphids. specifically, we examined the diversity of bacteria in two obligately parthenogenetic aphid species (the melon aphid, aphis gossypii, and the cardamom aphid, pentalonia caladii) cocolonizing ... | 2011 | 21965398 |
| localization, concentration, and transmission efficiency of banana bunchy top virus in four asexual lineages of pentalonia aphids. | banana bunchy top virus (bbtv) is the most destructive pathogenic virus of banana plants worldwide. the virus is transmitted in a circulative non-propagative manner by the banana aphid, pentalonia nigronervosa coquerel. in this work, we examined the localization, accumulation, and transmission efficiency of bbtv in four laboratory-established lineages of pentalonia aphids derived from four different host plants: taro (colocasia esculenta), heliconia (heliconia spp.), red ginger (alpinia purpurat ... | 2013 | 23435241 |