The protozoa are transmitted by the bite of the insect vector.
For this reason the host range of phytoplasmas is strongly dependent upon its insect vector.
As we guessed, this was indeed a virus, with an insect vector.
No insect vector is involved and it is not transmitted in seeds.
Control of the insect vectors is advisable if possible, but often difficult to implement.
The insect vector(s) for this species is not yet known.
They are the insect vectors of some serious diseases.
In the wild, the virus is most likely spread by insect vectors.
The gametes are taken up by the insect vector during a blood meal.
All Capripoxvirus species tend to be spread by means of insect vector.
