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Aphid Migration and the Spread of Plant Viruses

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RECENT work on the spread of potato virus diseases has indicated that the activity of the aphids in a crop is far more important than their numbers, and has turned attention away from the apterous aphids, comprising the bulk of the observed infestation, to the winged migrants1. Many workers have, however, assumed that the migrant aphids sense and make their way toward their specific host plants from a distance, and this has had an important influence on ideas about virus spread.

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KENNEDY, J. Aphid Migration and the Spread of Plant Viruses. Nature 165, 1024–1025 (1950). https://doi.org/10.1038/1651024a0

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