Stage-specific and tomato-spotted wilt virus infection-induced changes in the salivary gland transcriptome of western flower thrips

Western flower thrips (WFTs) are critical vectors of tomato spotted wilt virus (TSWV), transmitting it via a circulative-propagative cycle.

Western flower thrips (WFTs) are critical vectors of tomato spotted wilt virus (TSWV), transmitting it via a circulative-propagative cycle. The insect-virus relationship is unusual in that only larvae can acquire the virus for transmission to plants to occur. During the larval…