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A dual-genome microarray for the pea aphid, Acyrthosiphon pisum, and its obligate bacterial symbiont, Buchnera aphidicolaAlex C C Wilson
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA
BMC Genomics 7:50. 2006..Development of this dual-genome array represents a first attempt to characterize gene expression in this emerging model system...
Discovering new insect viruses: whitefly iridovirus (Homoptera: Aleyrodidae: Bemisia tabaci)W B Hunter
USDA ARS, U S Horticultural Research Laboratory, 2001 South Rock Road, Ft Pierce, Florida 34945, USA
J Invertebr Pathol 78:220-5. 2001..This is the first report of an iridescent virus isolated from whiteflies, B. tabaci, collected from the field...
Iridovirus in the root weevil Diaprepes abbreviatusW B Hunter
USDA ARS, U S Horticultural Research Laboratory, 2001 South Rock Rd, Ft Pierce, FL 34945, USA
J Insect Sci 3:9. 2003..Discovery of new pathogens against root weevils may provide new management tools for development of control strategies based on induced epizootics. This is the first report of a virus infecting D. abbreviatus...
Aphid biology: expressed genes from alate Toxoptera citricida, the brown citrus aphidW B Hunter
United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, U S Horticultural Research Laboratory, Fort Pierce, Florida, USA
J Insect Sci 3:23. 2003..These data will aid research efforts in the identification of important genes within insects, specifically aphids and other sap feeding insects within the Order Hemiptera...
Iridovirus infection of cell cultures from the Diaprepes root weevil, Diaprepes abbreviatusW B Hunter
United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Horticultural Research Laboratory, 2001 South Rock Rd, Fort Pierce, FL 34945, USA
J Insect Sci 3:37. 2003..Root weevil cells were successfully infected in vitro with a known insect virus, Invertebrate Iridescent Virus 6. Potential uses of insect cell cultures and insect viruses are discussed...
Molecular analysis of capsid protein of Homalodisca coagulata Virus-1, a new leafhopper-infecting virus from the glassy-winged sharpshooter, Homalodisca coagulataW B Hunter
United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, US Horticultural Research Laboratory, Fort Pierce, FL 34945, USA
J Insect Sci 6:1-10. 2006..The HoCV-1, capsid protein sequence has been deposited in GenBank, Accession number: DQ308403...
Effects of invertebrate iridescent virus 6 in Phyllophaga vandinei and its potential as a biocontrol delivery systemD A Jenkins
Tropical Agriculture Research Station, USDA ARS, 2200 Ave P A Campos, Ste 201, Mayaguez, PR 00680
J Insect Sci 11:44. 2011..vandinei...
Development of a continuous whitefly cell line [Homoptera: Aleryrodidae: Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius)] for the study of begomovirusW B Hunter
United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Horticultural Research Laboratory, 2001 South Rock Road, Fort Pierce, Florida 34945, USA
J Invertebr Pathol 77:33-6. 2001....
Prevalence and natural host range of Homalodisca coagulata virus-1 (HoCV-1)L E Hunnicutt
USDA ARS US Horticultural Research Laboratory, Ft Pierce, FL 34945, USA
Arch Virol 153:61-7. 2008..Examination of alternate leafhopper species further demonstrated that, although infection is not ubiquitous to all sharpshooter genera, HoCV-1 is not limited to Homalodisca vitripennis (=H. coagulata)...
