Michelle Cilia

United States Department of Agriculture - Agricultural Research Service

Projects

Investigation of Genetic and Phenotypic Heterogeneity in the Bacterial Endosymbionts of Aphids

Lead Institution

United States Department of Agriculture - Agricultural Research Service

Principal Investigator

Michelle Cilia

Project type

Exploratory Research

Aphids are sap-sucking insects that induce a necrotic reaction in host plants and transmit hundreds of destructive plant viruses. Luteoviruses are plant viruses vectored exclusively by aphids in a…