Effects of mineral oil on Myzus persicae (Sulz.) and its transmission of beet yellows virus

E-ISSN： 1475-2670|59|4|691-694

ISSN： 0007-4853

Source： Bulletin of Entomological Research, Vol.59, Iss.4, 1970-04, pp. : 691-694

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Abstract

Experiments in the glasshouse have confirmed that spraying virus-source leaves or test plants with mineral oil (liquid paraffin) inhibits transmission of beet yellows virus (BYV) to sugar-beet by Myzus persicae (Sulz.). Spraying M. persicae with oil after feeding on BYV-infected leaves and before transfer to virus-free beet seedlings also inhibited their transmission of BYV. The appearance of systemic symptoms of BYV was not delayed by treatment of the test plants or the aphids with oil. The effects of oil on virus transmission were reflected in adverse effects of oil on the settling behaviour and larviposition of the vector on test plants. It is suggested that coating the stylets with oil inhibits the feeding of aphids in the phloem thereby decreasing the efficiency of BYV transmission. The effects of oil on aphid settling and larviposition suggest that spraying crops with oil may not only reduce the incidence of aphid-transmitted viruses in them but may also diminish the population of potential vectors present in them.