Effect of Host Plant, Aphid Species, and Virus Infection Status on Transmission of Sweetpotato feathery mottle virus

• Published in: Plant disease Vol. 96; no. 9; p. 1331
• Main Authors: Wosula, E N, Clark, C A, Davis, J A
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.09.2012

Sweetpotato feathery mottle virus (SPFMV) is a nonpersistently transmitted virus known to infect sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas) and wild morning glory plants. SPFMV is vectored by various aphid species, among them the green peach aphid, Myzus persicae, and the cotton aphid, Aphis gossypii. Our object...