Transmission characteristics of Spiroplasma citri and its effect on leafhopper vectors from the Circulifer tenellus complex

Annals of Applied Biology

Volumn 130, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 49-59

  De Almeida, Lynette ^a   Raccah, B ^a   Klein, M ^a  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Auchenorrhyncha; Mollicutes; Population dynamics; Specificity

Indexed keywords

ATRIPLEX; ATRIPLEX HALIMUS; AUCHENORRHYNCHA; CICADELLIDAE; CIRCULIFER TENELLUS; CITRUS; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; MATTHIOLA INCANA; MOLLICUTES; PORTULACA OLERACEA; PORTULACACEAE; SPIROPLASMA CITRI;

EID: 0030908578     PISSN: 00034746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7348.1997.tb05782.x     Document Type: Article

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