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From: Comparison of transmission of Papaya leaf curl China virus among four cryptic species of the whitefly Bemisia tabaci complex

Figure 2

Relative concentration of PaLCuCNV (normalized to the whitefly’s nuclear β-actin gene) in four species of the B. tabaci complex as quantified by qPCR.

(A) Following a 48-h acquisition access period, whiteflies were transferred to three true leaf stage tomato plants to feed for a 48-h inoculation access period and then collected for qPCR tests. Data shown are mean ± SE, n = 15. (B) Newly emerged whiteflies were transferred to feed on PaLCuCNV-infected tomato plants for 24, 48 and 96 h and groups of 10 adults were collected for qPCR tests. Data shown are mean ± SE, n = 3. The different lowercase letters above the columns indicate significant differences between whitefly species at P < 0.05 at each of the three acquisition access periods. Relative amount of PaLCuCNV in whiteflies collected at 0 h acquisition access period was zero and not shown here.

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