PIERCES DISEASE BACTERIUM - MECHANISM OF TRANSMISSION BY LEAFHOPPER VECTORS

被引:97
作者
PURCELL, AH [1 ]
FINLAY, AH [1 ]
MCLEAN, DL [1 ]
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[1] UNIV CALIF DAVIS,DEPT ENTOMOL,DAVIS,CA 95616
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10.1126/science.206.4420.839
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O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
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07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
The bacterium that causes Pierce's disease of grapevines is isolated most consistently from the foregut of its leafhopper vector Graphocephala atropunctata. As seen in light and scanning electron microscopy of infective leafhoppers, the bacteria are attached to the cibarial pump and the lining of the esophagus in the foregut where they appear to multiply. These findings suggest that the bacterium is transmitted from the foregut by egestion during feeding by infective leafloppers. Copyright © 1979 AAAS.
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