The molecular basis of the interactions between luteoviruses and their aphid vectors
Luteoviruses essentially replicate in the phloem tissue and are transmitted from plant to plant by aphids in a circulative, persistent manner. Virus particles are acquired when aphids feed on phloem sap. Particles are then transported from the midgut or hindgut into the haemolymph and from the haemolymph to the salivary gland, to be eventually released with the saliva to the phloem of uninfected plants. There is no evidence that luteoviruses replicate in the aphid vector. The haemolymph acts as a reservoir in which luteoviruses should persist in an infecting form during the whole lifespan of aphids
Thesis, Dissertation, English, 1999
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