The transmission of insect-borne plant pathogens, including viruses, bacteria,
phytoplasmas, and fungi depends upon the abundance and behavior of their vectors. These …

Begomoviruses are numerous and geographically widespread viruses that cause
devastating diseases in many crops. Monopartite begomoviruses are frequently associated …

Bemisia tabaci cryptic species Middle East-Asia Minor I (MEAM1) is a serious agricultural
polyphagous insect pest and vector of numerous plant viruses, causing major worldwide …

The majority of plant viruses are transmitted by insect vectors between hosts, and
transovarial transmission of viruses from vector parents to offspring has great significance to …

Species of plant viruses within the Luteoviridae, Geminiviridae, and Nanoviridae are
transmitted by phloem-feeding insects in a circulative, nonpropagative manner. The precise …

Horizontal gene transfer is widespread in insects bearing intracellular symbionts.
Horizontally transferred genes (HTGs) are presumably involved in amino acid synthesis in …

Vitellogenin (Vg) plays vital role in oocytes and embryo development in insects. Vg is
synthesized in the fat body, moves through haemolymph and accumulates in oocytes …

Wolbachia in host germ lines are essential for their vertical transmission to the next
generation. It is unclear how the regulation of host oocyte development influences …

Integration between animal reproduction and symbiont inheritance is fundamental in
symbiosis biology, but the underlying molecular mechanisms are largely unknown …

Many viral pathogens of global importance to plant and animal health are persistently
transmitted by insect vectors. Midgut of insects forms the first major barrier that these viruses …