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Prevalence and natural host range of Homalodisca coagulata virus-1 (HoCV-1)

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Transmission electron microscopy was used to confirm the presence of picorna-like virus particles presumed to be Homalodisca coagulata virus-1 (HoCV-1) in the midgut region of adult glassy-winged sharpshooters (GWSS). In addition, we offer a reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) assay for the detection of this virus with a sensitivity of ∼95 genome equivalents. A survey employing this assay in conjunction with GWSS samples collected throughout the United States including California, Hawaii, Florida Georgia, and the Carolinas revealed a fairly widespread pattern of distribution, although potentially restricted to temperate regions, areas with elevated host densities, or to populations of a common origin. The virus was found to naturally infect adults regardless of host plant and was not specific to a particular lifestage or sex. Examination of alternate leafhopper species further demonstrated that, although infection is not ubiquitous to all sharpshooter genera, HoCV-1 is not limited to Homalodisca vitripennis (=H. coagulata).

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  1. USDA ARS U.S. Horticultural Research Laboratory, Ft. Pierce, FL, U.S.A.

    L. E. Hunnicutt, J. Mozoruk & W. B. Hunter

  2. USDA ARS Vegetable and Forage Crops Research Unit, Prosser, WA, U.S.A.

    J. M. Crosslin

  3. Indian River Research and Education Center, University of Florida, Ft. Pierce, FL, U.S.A.

    R. D. Cave & C. A. Powell

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Correspondence: Wayne B. Hunter, USDA ARS U.S. Horticultural Research Laboratory, 2001 S. Rock Rd., Ft. Pierce, FL 34945, U.S.A.

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Hunnicutt, L., Mozoruk, J., Hunter, W. et al. Prevalence and natural host range of Homalodisca coagulata virus-1 (HoCV-1). Arch Virol 153, 61–67 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00705-007-1066-2

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