Leafhopper (Homoptera: Cicadellidae)transmission of aster yellows phytoplasma: does gender matter?. 

 -  Environmental Entomology, 28(6), p.1101-1106, 1999 .
<br/><br/> Male and female aster leafhoppers, Macrosteles quadrilineatus Forbes, differ in their ability to transmit the aster yellows phytoplasma. In laboratory and greenhouse experiments, males were up to twice as likely as females to acquire and become infected with aster yellows phytoplasma as measured by polymerase chain reaction analysis. Yet, in 3 different experimental arenas, infected females were significantly more likely than infected males to transmit aster yellows phytoplasma. When confined on single leaves, more females (55 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>MACROSTELES QUADRILINEATUS<br/>ASTER YELLOWS PHYTOPLASMA<br/>VECTOR<br/>GENDER<br/>LETTUCE<br/>TRANSMISSION