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Keywords: types of arthropods concerned in plant virus transmission, insect vector, Piesma cinereum, Myzus persicae, beetle vector Ceratoma trifurcate, Phytoptus ribis, Aceria tulipae, A. ficus, Eriophyes insidiosus, different relationships between viruses and their vectors, non-persistant and persistent aphid-borne viruses, selective virus transmission by aphids, Brevicoryne brassicae, Myzus ornatus, M. ascalonicus, multiplication of plant viruses in their insect vectors, rice dwarf Nephotettix cincticeps, Macrosteles fascifrons, transmission by mandibulate insects, flea beetles Phyllotreta, earwigs Forficula auricularia, grasshoppers Stauroderus sp., effect of viruses on their insect vectors, mutation of viruses in relation to insect transmission, factors influencing the spread of insect-borne viruses, breeding habits of vectors, proximity of virus and vector sources, movement of aphid vectors, intrinsic properties of a virus in relation to transmission