sentences:  Thus, this study further lends credibility to the transmission model that suggests that beet leafhoppers transmit the BCTV when they feed on the phloem sap of healthy plants.A previous study of oviposition in the beet leafhopper has shown that the insects prefer to lay eggs on beet plants even when they prefer different host plants for feeding.In another study, researchers tried to study which plants the insects prefer to settle and lay eggs on and which plants were good for insect survival.