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. 2023 Jun 13;116(3):719-725.
doi: 10.1093/jee/toad080.

Characterizing the vector competence of Aphis gossypii, Myzus persicae and Aphis craccivora (Hemiptera: Aphididae) to transmit cotton leafroll dwarf virus to cotton in the United States

Brianna Heilsnis  1 , Jessica B Mahas  2 , Kassie Conner  3 , Sudeep Pandey  4 , Wilson Clark  2 , Jenny Koebernick  1 , Rajagopalbabu Srinivasan  4 , Kathleen Martin  2 , Alana L Jacobson  2
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Characterizing the vector competence of Aphis gossypii, Myzus persicae and Aphis craccivora (Hemiptera: Aphididae) to transmit cotton leafroll dwarf virus to cotton in the United States

Brianna Heilsnis et al. J Econ Entomol. .

Abstract

Cotton leafroll dwarf virus (CLRDV) is a yield-limiting, aphid-transmitted virus that was identified in cotton, Gossypium hirsutum L., in the United States of America in 2017. CLRDV is currently classified in the genus Polerovirus, family Solemoviridae. Although 8 species of aphids (Hemiptera: Aphididae) are reported to infest cotton, Aphis gossypii Glover is the only known vector of CLRDV to this crop. Aphis gossypii transmits CLRDV in a persistent and nonpropagative manner, but acquisition and retention times have only been partially characterized in Brazil. The main objectives of this study were to characterize the acquisition access period, the inoculation access period, and retention times for a U.S. strain of CLRDV and A. gossypii population. A sub-objective was to test the vector competence of Myzus persicae Sulzer and Aphis craccivora Koch. In our study, A. gossypii apterous and alate morphs were able to acquire CLRDV in 30 min and 24 h, inoculate CLRDV in 45 and 15 min, and retain CLRDV for 15 and 23 days, respectively. Neither M. persicae nor A. craccivora acquired or transmitted CLRDV to cotton.

Keywords: Aphis; Aphididae; pathogens; plant disease epidemiology; plant pathology; virology.

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