U.S. Department of Agriculture: Agricultural Research Service, Lincoln, Nebraska
Date of this Version
2005
Abstract
Much of biological research conducted today is multidisciplinary, partly because of the availability of ever simpler to use molecular tools and the realization that ecological systems are complex and multitrophic. Although there is a general trend toward academic specialization and cooperation, some fields still require that scientists be aware of the “bigger picture.” We consider that the study of insect-transmitted plant pathogens is one of those fields, where insect, pathogen, and plant are inseparably linked. In this triangle of interactions, researchers focus their interests on questions at the molecular and cellular to epidemiological levels. Throughout the years, plant vector entomologists have addressed a variety of important pest problems, often linking entomologists and plant pathologists for the development of improved and sustainable disease control strategies.
Comments
Published in Annals of the Entomological Society of America November 2005 : Vol. 98, Issue 6, pp. 755-755.