Open AccessInvestigations of the mechanism of the transmission of plant viruses by insect vectors.— I
Author(s) -
H. H. Storey
Publication year - 1933
Publication title -
proceedings of the royal society of london. series b, containing papers of a biological character
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2053-9185
pISSN - 0950-1193
DOI - 10.1098/rspb.1933.0060
Subject(s) - insect , biology , transmission (telecommunications) , plant virus , virus , virology , strain (injury) , mechanical transmission , vector (molecular biology) , inoculation , mechanism (biology) , botany , genetics , horticulture , gene , computer science , physics , anatomy , mechanical system , telecommunications , quantum mechanics , artificial intelligence , recombinant dna
The studies here described aim at the elucidation of the action of a plant virus within the insect that is its specific vector. It is widely held that insect transmission is not normally a mechanical process; but of the nature of the biological relation, into which virus and insect are supposed to enter, little is definitely known. By the use of the method of mechanical inoculation of the virus into the insect I have obtained certain direct evidence bearing upon this problem. The virus studied is that which causes streak disease in the maize plant. A single strain has been used, maintained in the course of my experiments by repeated transfers to maize seedlings in the greenhouse. Conceivably this strain is a complex of viruses, but if so it has shown no sign of splitting into its components during the period of the work now described.