Reply to “Conclusive Evidence of Replication of a Plant Virus in Honeybees Is Lacking”

• Ji Lian Li,
• R. Scott Cornman,
• Jay D. Evans,
• Jeffery S. Pettis,
• Yan Zhao,
• Charles Murphy,
• Wen Jun Peng,
• Jie Wu,
• Michele Hamilton,
• Humberto F. Boncristiani,
• Liang Zhou,
• John Hammond,
• Yan Ping Chen

Affiliations

Ji Lian Li

Key Laboratory of Pollinating Insect Biology of the Ministry of Agriculture, Institute of Apicultural Research, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science, Beijing, China

R. Scott Cornman

Department of Agriculture, ARS, Bee Research Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland, USA

Jay D. Evans

Department of Agriculture, ARS, Bee Research Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland, USA

Jeffery S. Pettis

Department of Agriculture, ARS, Bee Research Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland, USA

Yan Zhao

Department of Agriculture, ARS, Molecular Plant Pathology Laboratory,Beltsville, Maryland, USA

Charles Murphy

Department of Agriculture, ARS, Soybean Genomic & Improvement Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland, USA

Wen Jun Peng

Key Laboratory of Pollinating Insect Biology of the Ministry of Agriculture, Institute of Apicultural Research, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science, Beijing, China

Jie Wu

Key Laboratory of Pollinating Insect Biology of the Ministry of Agriculture, Institute of Apicultural Research, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science, Beijing, China

Michele Hamilton

Department of Agriculture, ARS, Bee Research Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland, USA

Humberto F. Boncristiani

Department of Biology, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, North Carolina, USA

Liang Zhou

Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

John Hammond

Department of Agriculture, ARS, Floral and Nursery Plants Research Unit, Beltsville, Maryland, USA

Yan Ping Chen

Department of Agriculture, ARS, Bee Research Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland, USA