Tuesday, December 11, 2007
D0362

Molecular detection of three novel viruses in the glassy-winged sharpshooter, Homalodisca vitripennis

Laura E. Hunnicutt, lehunnic@ncsu.edu, North Carolina State University, Genomic Sciences Graduate Program, Campus Box 7566, Raleigh, NC and Wayne B. Hunter, wayne.hunter@ars.usda.gov, USDA ARS U.S. Horticultural Research Laboratory, 2001 S. Rock Rd, Ft. Pierce, FL.



Species 1: Unclassified Dicistroviridae Cripavirus Homalodisca coagulata virus-1
Species 2: Hemiptera Cicadellidae Homalodisca coagulata (glassy-winged sharpshooter)