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The Transmission of Witches' Broom Virus Disease of Lucerne by the Common Brown Leafhopper, Orosius ARGENTATUS ( EVANS)
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Common Brown LeafhopperPlant PathologyInfectious DiseaseVector-borne PathogenBroom VirusPlant-virus InteractionDisease ControlParasitologyPlant VirusVirologyDisease EmergenceDisease EcologyBroom Virus DiseaseEpidemiologyBiologyPathogenesisInfected Lucerne CropsOrosius ArgentatusMedicine
The disease was transmitted by Orosius argentatus (Evans) collected in infected lucerne crops, and also by groups of virus-free individuals reared under experimental conditions, after having been fed on plants infected with witches' broom virus.