This study was sup-ported in part by a grant-in-aid for Scientific Research(31672035,31871976)from the National Natural Science Foundation of China.
Wolbachia and Spiroplasma are intracellular bacteria that are of great interest to entomologists,because of their ability to alter insect host biology in multiple ways.In the spider mite Tetranychus truncatus,co-infec...
P.R.-C.,S.S.,and G.C.are supported by grants from the USDA CDRE(2019-70016-29796,2016-70016-24833);G.C.L.B.is supported by an INRAE Department of Plant Health and Environment(SPE)grant(VMP-ADAPT),grants from the University of Bordeaux,and SFR Integrative Biology and Ecology.M.H.and M.M.are supported by a grant from the USDA ARS CRIS(8062-22410-006-00-D);M.H.W.H.and S.A.H.were funded from the BBSRC Institute Strategy Program(BB/P012574/1);the John Innes Foundation.M.H.and M.M.are funded by USDA ARS project 8062-22410-006-00-D.R.P.P.A.was funded by the Pierce's Disease Research Program,California Department of Food and Agriculture.
Vector-borne plant diseases have significant ecological and economic impacts,affecting farm profitability and forest composition throughout the world.Bacterial vector-borne pathogens have evolved sophisticated strateg...
Stubborn disease of citrus is one of the main causes of quality deterioration of citrus fruits in Egypt. The early detection and the molecular characterization of the causal agent are vital for revealing its real dist...
Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China. Part of this research was done in Rutgers University, U.S.A.
The strain CCH, isolated from the surface of the plant flower in China, is a wall- less,helical prokaryote which passes through a microfilter 0. 22 μm in diameter. Cholesterol isrequired for its growth. The strain CC...