Genetic insights into Graminella nigrifrons Competence for maize fine streak virus infection and transmission.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Most plant-infecting rhabdoviruses are transmitted by one or a few closely related insect species. Additionally, intraspecific differences in transmission efficacy often exist among races/biotypes within vector species and among strains within a virus species. The black-faced leafhopper, Graminella nigrifrons, is the only known vector of the persistent propagative rhabdovirus Maize fine streak virus (MFSV). Only a small percentage of leafhoppers are capable of transmitting the virus, although the mechanisms underlying vector competence are not well understood.

Methodology

RNA-Seq was carried out to explore transcript expression changes and sequence variation in G. nigrifrons and MFSV that may be associated with the ability of the vector to acquire and transmit the

SUBMITTER: Cassone BJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4242632 | biostudies-literature | 2014

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature