Macrosteles quadrilineatus

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i5K Comments for Macrosteles quadrilineatus
M. quadrilineatus transmits aster yellows phytoplasma (AYP) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aster_yellows). This species is highly migratory and polyphagous introducing AYPs to numerous crops in the USA and Canada. Our ability of studying M. quadrilineatus on Arabidopsis along with a fully sequenced AYP strain will facilitate exploration of the leafhopper genome sequence. We have been rearing a M. quadrilineatus colony for at least 10 years. Thus, genetic material is readily available. Saskia Hogenhout


Macrosteles quadrilineatus
Taxonomic classification
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Family: Cicadellidae
Genus: Macrosteles
NCBI taxid: 485px-US-NLM-NCBI-Logo.png 74068
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