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Title: ENTOMOPATHOGENIC VIRUS FROM GLASSY-WINGED SHARPSHOOTER

Author
item Katsar, Catherine
item Hunter, Wayne

Submitted to: Entomology Society America Annual Meeting
Publication Type: Proceedings
Publication Acceptance Date: 6/23/2005
Publication Date: 11/6/2005
Citation: Katsar, C.S., Hunter, W.B. 2005. Entomopathogenic virus from Glassy-winged Sharpshooter. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of America. December 15-18. Ft. Lauderdale, FL. Paper No. 23202.

Interpretive Summary:

Technical Abstract: The glassy-winged sharpshooter, GWSS, has been shown to be susceptible to insect virus infections. A new virus was isolated from field caught GWSS and partially sequenced. Sequence identity showed that this was a new sharpshooter virus separate from those already reported by Hunter et. al. 2004, and has been named Homalodisca Coagulata Virus-2, HoCV-2. Sharpshooter viruses reduce leafhopper survival by increasing nymphal mortality, especially during the molt to adult, and are contributing to the slow reduction in sharpshooter populations throughout southern California. The virus genome is being completed and the various viral proteins evaluated for insect toxicity. New discoveries such as these are aiding efforts to manage the GWSS and other leafhopper vectors of Pierce’s Disease, and aim to reduce the spread of other Xylella caused diseases.