Most plant viruses rely on vector organisms for their plant-to-plant spread. Although there
are many different natural vectors, few plant virus–vector systems have been well studied …

Highlights•Peptide inhibitors and RNAi are strategies to reduce virus acquisition by
aphids.•Increasing aphid gut protease activity suppresses virus acquisition by aphids.•Not …

Species of plant viruses within the Luteoviridae, Geminiviridae, and Nanoviridae are
transmitted by phloem-feeding insects in a circulative, nonpropagative manner. The precise …

For the last century we have relied on model organisms to help understand fundamental
biological processes. Now, with advancements in genome sequencing, assembly, and …

Diuraphis noxia, Russian Wheat Aphid (RWA), biotypes are classified by their differential
virulence to wheat varieties containing resistance genes. RWA salivary proteins, unlike …

Insect-vectored pathogens pose one of the greatest threats to plant and animal, including
human, health on a global scale. Few effective control strategies have been developed to …

Protein interactions are critical determinants of insect transmission for viruses in the family
Luteoviridae. Two luteovirid structural proteins, the capsid protein (CP) and the readthrough …

Aphids are major pests in cereal crops that cause direct and indirect damage leading to
yield reduction. Despite the fact that wheat provides 20% of the world's caloric and protein …

Genetic variability in insect vectors is valuable to study vector competence determinants and
to select non-vector populations that may help reduce the spread of vector-borne pathogens …

Begomoviruses and whiteflies have interacted for geological times. An assumed long-lasting
virus-vector intimate relationship of this magnitude implies that the partners have developed …