date:Jun 14, 2019
povirus increased lifespan and fecundity in a different species of thrips called flower thrips.
A Cornell research team, led by graduate student Ashley Leach, along with colleagues Marc Fuchs, Ph.D., Riley Harding, and advisor Brian Nault, Ph.D., compared the lifespan and fecundity of onion thrips that were infected with the virus with thrips that were not infected. To do so, they gathered onion plants from fields in which IYSV was present, maintained the plants in the lab, and exposed thrips t