major implication of this study is that it shows that plants which are inappropriate hosts of the beet leafhopper insect can also be transmitted with the Beet Curly Top Virus. The authors propose that these findings may suggest that the virus can be transmitted very quickly even after only a couple of hours of exposure to the insects. References Opsiini Insect vectors of plant pathogens Insects of the United States Insects described in 1896 Taxa named by Charles Fuller Baker