Original paper
Phytophagous mites transmitting plant viruses: update and perspectives
de Lillo, Enrico; Freitas-Astúa, Juliana; Kitajima, Elliot Watanabe; Ramos-González, Pedro Luis; Simoni, Sauro; Tassi, Aline Daniele; Valenzano, Domenico
Entomologia Generalis Volume 41 Number 5 (2021), p. 439 - 462
published: Oct 29, 2021
published online: Oct 4, 2021
manuscript accepted: Jul 14, 2021
manuscript revision received: Mar 22, 2021
manuscript revision requested: Mar 8, 2021
manuscript received: Jan 21, 2021
DOI: 10.1127/entomologia/2021/1283
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Abstract
Plant viruses can be effectively transmitted by phytophagous mites. Many species of mites, mainly eriophyids and tenuipalpids, induce symptoms in infested plants that may be mistaken for viral diseases or may hide infections produced by unidentified putative viruses. The virus-mite interplay and the multitrophic interactions with their host plants are often inadequately described and require further clarifications. Advances in biotechnological methods could enable increasing identification and characterization of viruses transmitted and their potential mite vectors. This review examines the state of knowledge of mites and plant-virus interactions by summarizing the strengths and weaknesses in this research field, thus paving the way for new research directions.
Keywords
Eriophyidae • Tenuipalpidae • plant pathogens • virus transmission • pathosystems