Insect vectors of phytoplasmas

Annual Review of Entomology

Volumn 51, Issue , 2006, Pages 91-111

  Weintraub, Phyllis G ^a   Beanland, LeAnn ^b  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

^b SU   (United States)

Author keywords

Leafhopper; Mollicute; Pathogen transmission; Planthopper

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CLASSIFICATION; CROP; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSECT CONTROL; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; OVARY; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PHYTOPLASMA; PLANT DISEASE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSECT CONTROL; INSECT VECTORS; OVARY; PHYTOPLASMA; PLANT DISEASES; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ARCHAEORRHYNCHA; CANDIDATUS PHYTOPLASMA; CICADELLIDAE; INSECTA; PSYLLIDAE;

EID: 30844471116     PISSN: 00664170     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.ento.51.110104.151039     Document Type: Review

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