NC-15

NC-15

Order

Common Name(s)

Green rice leafhopper

Primary Designation

NC-15

Accession No.

CVCL_Z284

Stage

Tissue

Initiator(s)

I. Kimura

References

Kimura, I. (1984). Establishment of new cell lines from leafhopper vector and inoculation of its cell monolayers with rice dwarf virus. Proceedings of the Japan Academy, Series B, 60(6), 198-201; Kimura, I., & Omura, T. (1988). Leafhopper cell cultures as a means for phytoreovirus research. Adv. Dis. Vector Res, 5, 111-135; Kimura I. (1988). Establishment of cell lines of vector insects, and infection of these cell monolayers with rice dwarf virus (RDV). (In) Invertebrate and Fish Tissue Culture, Kuroda Y., Kurstak E., Maramorosch K. (eds.), pp.274-277, Japan Sci. Soc., Tokyo; Kimura, I. (1989). Monolayer cell cultures of leafhopper vectors, and their inoculation with a rice virus. (In) Invertebrate Cell System Applications, Vol. 2. Mitsuhashi, J., ed., pp. 109-115, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL.

Notes

Morphology: grows in epithelial cell monolayers; Unique properties: a fluorescent antibody was used to assay infectivity.

Medium

Kimura's medium

Cell Culture Collection

National Institute of Agrobiological Resources, Yatabe, Ibaraki, Japan.

Status

Microorganism Propagation

Susceptible to infection by Rice dwarf virus (RDV)

Contact Information

S-225 Ag Science Center Lexington, KY 40546-0091

(859) 257-7450

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