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Transmission of potato virus Y byRhopalosiphum padi L.

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Winged forms ofRhopalosiphum padi were shown to transmit PVY but they were not efficient vectors as only ca 3% of the test plants (potato seedlings) became infected when inoculated with from 5 to 20 aphids per plant.

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Kostiw, M. Transmission of potato virus Y byRhopalosiphum padi L.. Potato Res 22, 237–238 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02357355

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