Transmission of a sugarcane yellow leaf phytoplasma by the delphacid planthopper Saccharosydne saccharivora, a new vector of sugarcane yellow leaf syndrome

Plant Pathology

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 634-642

  Arocha, Y ^a   Lopez M ^a   Fernandez M ^a   Pinol B ^a   Horta, D ^b   Peralta, E L ^c   Almeida, R ^c   Carvajal, O ^c   Picornell, S ^d   Wilson, M R ^e   Jones, P ^f  

^a National Centre for Animal and Plant Health CENSA   (Cuba)

^b National Centre of Tropical Crop Research (INIVIT)   (Cuba)

^c National Institute of Sugarcane Research INICA   (Cuba)

^d CAI 'Osvaldo Sánchez' ^*  (Cuba)

^e DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^f ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Auchenorrhyncha; Phytoplasma; Saccharosydne saccharivora; Sugarcane; Vector transmission; Yellow leaf syndrome

Indexed keywords

INOCULATION; PHYTOPLASMA; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION; PLANTHOPPER; RESEARCH WORK; SEEDLING;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CUBA; GREATER ANTILLES;

ARCHAEORRHYNCHA; AUCHENORRHYNCHA; CANDIDATUS PHYTOPLASMA; DELPHACIDAE; SUGARCANE YELLOWS PHYTOPLASMA TYPE I;

EID: 27844582387     PISSN: 00320862     EISSN: 13653059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3059.2005.01242.x     Document Type: Article

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