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FRAZIER1 has reported recently that certain strawberry viruses in California are transmissible by five species of aphids in addition to the long-established vector, and common strawberry aphid, Pentatrichopus (Capitophorus) fragæfolii (Ckll.)2. In Britain only P. fragæfolii and the closely related P. tetrarhodus Walk, were shown3 to transmit crinkle, and only the former is known to transmit yellow-edge4.
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POSNETTE, A. New Vectors of Strawberry Viruses. Nature 169, 837–838 (1952). https://doi.org/10.1038/169837b0
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