Data for: Advanced infections by cucurbit yellow stunting disorder virus encourage whitefly vector colonization while discouraging non-vector aphid competitors

Plant viruses can change hosts in ways that increase vector contacts, virion acquisition, and subsequent vector dispersal to susceptible hosts. Based on this, researchers have proposed that virus-induced phenotypes are the product of adaptations to “manipulate” hosts in ways that increase transmission. Theoretical models of virus spread in crops support this proposition; “manipulative” viruses spread faster and to a greater extent. However, both empirical and theoretical studies on manipulation are disproportionately focused on a few persistently transmitted pathogens, and rarely consider the broader ecological implications of virus infections . To address these knowledge gaps, we documented the effects of different stages of infection by an economically devastating, semi-persistently transmitted crinivirus, Cucurbit yellow stunting disorder virus [CYSDV] on Cucumis melo (muskmelon) phenotypes, behavior and performance of whitefly vectors (Bemisia tabaci) and non-vector aphid competitor...植物病毒可通过改变寄主状态，提升媒介昆虫（vector）与寄主的接触概率、病毒粒子（virion）获取率，以及后续媒介昆虫向感病寄主（susceptible host）的扩散能力。基于此，研究者提出病毒诱导的寄主表型，实为病毒适应宿主、并通过"操控"宿主行为提升自身传播效率的产物。作物病毒传播的理论模型亦佐证了这一假说；具备"操控"能力的病毒传播速度更快、扩散范围更广。然而，当前有关病毒"操控"宿主的实证与理论研究，均过度聚焦于少数持久性传播病原物（persistently transmitted pathogen），极少关注病毒感染所带来的更广泛生态效应。为填补这一研究空白，本研究针对一种经济危害性极强的半持久性传播克里病毒属（Crinivirus）病原——南瓜黄化矮缩病毒（Cucurbit yellow stunting disorder virus, CYSDV），探究其不同感染阶段对甜瓜（Cucumis melo，网纹甜瓜）表型、烟粉虱媒介昆虫（Bemisia tabaci）的行为与生存适合度，以及非媒介蚜虫竞争者（non-vector aphid competitor）的影响……