The virus’ only vector is a tiny insect called the beet leafhopper. According to Rick Redak, chair of UC Riverside’s department of entomology, the species acquires BCTV by feeding on wild ...

By means of this leafhopper the disease has been transmitted to more than ... It is similar to but apparently distinct from peach yellows, strawberry yellows, curly-top of beets, and false blossom of ...

Xylem-feeding leafhoppers have evolved several behavioral and physiological adaptations to utilize xylem fluid of variable composition, including polyphagy and high assimilation efficiency. They also ...