Exploring Virus Diversity in the Potato leafhopper (Empoasca fabae), an Economically Important Agricultural Pest

• Published in: Viruses Vol. 16; no. 8; p. 1305
• Main Authors: Thekke-Veetil, Thanuja, Lagos-Kutz, Doris, Domier, Leslie L., McCoppin, Nancy K., Hartman, Glen L., Clough, Steven J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 16.08.2024; MDPI
• Subjects: Agricultural economics; Ambidensovirus; Animals; arthropods; Barley; Crops, Agricultural - virology; DNA viruses; DNA Viruses - classification; DNA Viruses - genetics; DNA Viruses - isolation & purification; Economic importance; Empoasca fabae; family; Genetic aspects; Genetic Variation; genome; Genome, Viral; Genomes; Hemiptera - virology; High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing; Identification and classification; Iflavirus; Illinois; Indiana; Insect Vectors - virology; insect viruses; Insect Viruses - classification; Insect Viruses - genetics; Insect Viruses - isolation & purification; Insects; Iowa; Libraries; Minnesota; Next-generation sequencing; Nucleotide sequence; Pests; Phylogeny; Physiological aspects; Plant Diseases - parasitology; Plant Diseases - virology; Plant viruses; Plant Viruses - classification; Plant Viruses - genetics; Plant Viruses - isolation & purification; Population studies; potato leafhopper; Red clover; RNA; RNA polymerase; RNA viruses; RNA Viruses - classification; RNA Viruses - genetics; RNA Viruses - isolation & purification; Solanum tuberosum - parasitology; Solanum tuberosum - virology; Soybeans; vector-enabled transcriptomics; Veins & arteries; viral metatranscriptomics; virus diversity; Viruses; Winter; United States; Iowa; Minnesota; Indiana; United States > US; Illinois; potato leafhopper; Empoasca fabae; vector-enabled transcriptomics; viral metatranscriptomics; virus diversity; insect viruses

The potato leafhopper (Empoasca fabae, PLH) is a serious pest that feeds on a wide range of agricultural crops and is found throughout the United States but is not known to be a vector for plant-infecting viruses. We probed the diversity of virus sequences in field populations of PLH collected from...