Use of immunofluorescence confocal laser scanning microscopy to study distribution of the bacterium corn stunt spiroplasma in vector leafhoppers (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) and in host plants

Annals of the Entomological Society of America

Volumn 98, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 820-826

  Ammar, El Desouky ^a,b   Hogenhout, Saskia A ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Corn stunt spiroplasma; Dalbulus maidis; Immuno fluorescence confocal laser scanning microscopy; Mollicutes; Spiroplasma kunkelii

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DISEASE; DISEASE VECTOR; INSECT; MICROSCOPY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CICADELLIDAE; DALBULUS MAIDIS; HEMIPTERA; INSECTA; MOLLICUTES; SPIROPLASMA; SPIROPLASMA KUNKELII; SPIROPLASMATACEAE; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 28244451327     PISSN: 00138746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0013-8746(2005)098[0820:UOICLS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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