Sympatric diversification vs. immigration: deciphering host‐plant specialization in a polyphagous insect, the stolbur phytoplasma vector H yalesthes obsoletus ( C ixiidae)

The epidemiology of vector transmitted plant diseases is highly influenced by dispersal and the host‐plant range of the vector. Widening the vector's host range may increase transmission potential, whereas specialization may induce specific disease cycles. The process leading to a vector's...

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Veröffentlicht in:Molecular ecology 2013-04, Vol.22 (8), p.2188-2203
Hauptverfasser: Imo, Miriam, Maixner, Michael, Johannesen, Jes
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:The epidemiology of vector transmitted plant diseases is highly influenced by dispersal and the host‐plant range of the vector. Widening the vector's host range may increase transmission potential, whereas specialization may induce specific disease cycles. The process leading to a vector's host shift and its epidemiological outcome is therefore embedded in the frameworks of sympatric evolution vs. immigration of preadapted populations. In this study, we analyse whether a host shift of the stolbur phytoplasma vector, H yalesthes obsoletus from field bindweed to stinging nettle in its northern distribution range evolved sympatrically or by immigration. The exploitation of stinging nettle has led to outbreaks of the grapevine disease bois noir caused by a stinging nettle‐specific phytoplasma strain. Microsatellite data from populations from northern and ancestral ranges provide strong evidence for sympatric host‐race evolution in the northern range: Host‐plant associated populations were significantly differentiated among syntopic sites (0.054 
ISSN:0962-1083
1365-294X
DOI:10.1111/mec.12237