The effect of varying mixtures of soybean and cereals on the landing rates of aphid vectors and spread of soybean mosaic virus (SMV) and maize dwarf mosaic virus (MDMV)

The goal of this study was to understand the influence of varying soybean/cereal mixtures on the incidence and spatial spread patterns of foregut-borne non-persistently transmitted plant viruses such as soybean mosaic virus (SMV) and maize dwarf mosaic virus (MDMV), and also on the landing rates of the aphid vectors that transmit them. The uniqueness of this study is that it gives an insight as to how the same aphids spread two foregut-borne non-persistently transmitted viruses in the same cropping system. This study is important because it begins to identify the factors underlying virus spread, thereby contributing to the already existing management strategies for virus diseases and their vectors.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Entomology

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2011

Author dc:creator

• Fondufe, Gwendolyne Y.

• Biology, Entomology
• Agriculture, Plant Pathology

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright 1995 Fondufe, Gwendolyne Y.

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

AAI9543586
(UMI)AAI9543586

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/19979