HEMIPTERAN-TRANSMITTED PLANT VIRUSES: RESEARCH PROGRESS AND CONTROL STRATEGIES

Highlights

• Research findings on the insect-virus interaction

• Influences of immunity, feeding and microorganisms on virus transmission

• Latest applications for virus control strategies

Abstract

About 80% of plant viruses are transmitted by specific insect vectors, especially hemipterans with piercing-sucking mouthparts. Many virus-transmitting insects are also important crop pests that cause considerable losses in crop production. This review summarizes the latest research findings on the interactions between plant viruses and insect vectors and analyzes the key factors affecting insect transmission of plant viruses from the perspectives of insect immunity, insect feeding, and insect symbiotic microorganisms. Additionally, by referring to the latest applications for blocking the transmission of animal viruses, potential control strategies to prevent the transmission of insect-vectored plant viruses using RNAi technology, gene editing technology, and CRISPR/Cas9+ gene-driven technology are discussed.

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Keywords

control strategies / feeding / immunity / insect vector / microorganism / plant virus

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Acknowledgements

This study was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (31801734), the National Key R&D Program of China (2016YFD0200804), and the Ningbo Science and Technology Innovation 2025 Major Project (2019B10004).

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Haijian Huang, Junmin Li, Jianping Chen, and Chuanxi Zhang declare that they have no conflicts of interest or financial conflicts to disclose. This article does not contain any studies with human or animal subjects performed by any of the authors.

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