ABSTRACT Blackberry vein banding‐associated virus (BVBaV) is an ampelovirus identified from a blackberry plant affected by yellow vein disease in Mississippi. In the original study, the virus genome was sequenced, a diagnostic method was developed and its distribution and population structure were assessed. In this work, conducted under greenhouse conditions, we successfully transmitted BVBaV using the American grape mealybug ( Pseudococcus maritimus Ehrhorn) collected from daughter plants of the original virus source. Results of this work provide the first evidence of BVBaV transmission by Ps. maritimus under experimental conditions.
Aboughanem-Sabanadzovic et al. (Sun,) studied this question.