Western Flower Thrips (Frankliniella occidentalis) Transmits Maize Chlorotic Mottle Virus

• Published in: Journal of phytopathology Vol. 162; no. 7-8; pp. 532 - 536
• Main Authors: Zhao, Mingfu, Ho, Honhing, Wu, Yixin, He, Yueqiu, Li, Mengjiao
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin Blackwell Science 01.08.2014; Blackwell Publishing Ltd; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Subjects: China; corn; Frankliniella occidentalis; greenhouses; Maize chlorotic mottle virus; maize diseases; necrosis; nucleotides; pathogens; reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction; seedlings; seeds; sequence analysis; viruses; western flower thrips vectors; Zea mays; Thailand

Maize chlorotic mottle virus (MCMV) is one of the co‐infection pathogens that cause corn (maize) lethal necrosis, but the transmission mechanism of MCMV is not yet clear. In order to determine the ability of western flower thrips (Frankliniella occidentalis; WFT) to transmit MCMV, imported maize see...