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Potato virus Y (PVY) and Myzus persicae are important pests of tobacco and potato crops. Myzus persicae can transmit PVY in a non-persistent manner. In this study, we investigated whether tobacco plants infected with PVY affected the performance and behavior of M. persicae by comparing growth, reproduction, and stylet penetration behaviors of M. persicae on PVY-infected vs. noninfected plants. We found that body and cornicle length, body and head width, and distance between compound eyes were significantly smaller in adult M. persicae reared on infected tobacco plants. Electrical penetration graph (EPG) recordings showed that the time spent on the plant before the first probe and the duration of the first probe increased significantly when M. persicae fed on PVY-infected rather than noninfected plants. The number of probes made by aphids on infected plants in the first hour was also greater than on healthy plants. Furthermore, M. persicae had a slightly higher net reproductive rate (R 0) when on infected tobacco plants than on noninfected plants. In summary, our data indicated that PVY infection had a negative effect on the growth of M. persicae. We suggest that the increased stylet penetration behavior of M. persicae on infected plants may be associated with increased virus acquisition and transmission.
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This study was supported by the Special Fund for Agro-scientific Research in the Public Interest (No. 201203091), the Director Fund of Tobacco Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (No. 201107), and the Fund of the State Tobacco Monopoly Administration of China (No. 110200902065).
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Guang-wei Ren and Xiu-fang Wang contributed equally to this study.
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Ren, Gw., Wang, Xf., Chen, D. et al. Potato virus Y-infected tobacco affects the growth, reproduction, and feeding behavior of a vector aphid, Myzus persicae (Hemiptera: Aphididae). Appl Entomol Zool 50, 239–243 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13355-015-0328-9
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