Vector Control: Wolbachia Expands Its Protective Reach from Humans to Plants.

Vector Control: Wolbachia Expands Its Protective Reach from Humans to Plants.
Curr Biol. 2020 Dec 21;30(24):R1489-R1491
Authors: Sullivan W
Abstract
RNA viral titers are often suppressed in insects co-infected with the bacterial endosymbiont Wolbachia. This property has been used to suppress transmission of the ragged rice stunt virus from its insect host, the brown planthopper, to the rice plant.
PMID: 33352133 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Current Biology - December 21, 2020 Category: Biology Authors: Sullivan W Tags: Curr Biol Source Type: research