TY  - BOOK
AU  - Beanland,L
AU  - Hoy,C.W
AU  - Miller,S.A.
AU  - Nault,L.R.
TI  - Leafhopper (Homoptera: Cicadellidae)transmission of aster yellows phytoplasma: does gender matter?
KW  - MACROSTELES QUADRILINEATUS
KW  - ASTER YELLOWS PHYTOPLASMA
KW  - VECTOR
KW  - GENDER
KW  - LETTUCE
KW  - TRANSMISSION
N2  - 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
UR  - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qKfSjQmJ1BkJrX0wFfOcsyjUmHqjB4sC/view?usp=drivesdk
ER  -