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LEAFHOPPERS of the species Cicadulina (Balclutha) mbila Naude, after feeding upon a maize plant affected with the virus disease known as streak will usually transfer this disease to all healthy maize plants upon which they may subsequently feed. In the course of studies of the virus transmission by this species of insect, however, I have frequently encountered individuals which failed to transfer the virus under conditions normally favourable to this process. Repeated tests of these individuals, after further periods of feeding upon diseased plants, led me to believe that they were incapable, under the experimental conditions, of acting as vectors of this virus.
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STOREY, H. The Inheritance by a Leafhopper of the Ability to Transmit a Plant Virus. Nature 127, 928 (1931). https://doi.org/10.1038/127928b0
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