Transmission of Muskmelon Necrotic Spot Virus in Muskmelons by Cucumber Beetles123
- 1 August 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Journal of Economic Entomology
- Vol. 72 (4) , 560-561
- https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/72.4.560
Abstract
Muskmelon necrotic spot virus, a new disease of greenhouse-grown melons, was transmitted to 13 and 8% of muskmelon test plants by the western spotted cucumber beetle, Diabrotica undecimpunctata undecimpunctata Mannerheim, and the banded cucumber beetle, Diabrotica balteata LeConte, respectively. The virus also was recovered from extracts from these beetles. This demonstration of insect transmission of the virus means that dissemination of this seed-borne virus in commercially grown melons is a definite possibility.Keywords
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- Mass Rearing Banded Cucumber Beetles, with Notes on Rearing Spotted and Striped Cucumber Beetles123Journal of Economic Entomology, 1968