Fieberiella florii (Homoptera: Auchenorrhyncha) as a vector of "Candidatus Phytoplasma mali"

Plant Disease

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 284-290

  Tedeschi, Rosemarie ^a   Alma, Alberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Apple proliferation; Cicadellidae; Population dynamics

Indexed keywords

EPIDEMIOLOGY; ORCHARDS; PLANTS (BOTANY); VEGETATION;

APPLE SEEDLINGS; CANDIDATUS PHYTOPLASMA; FIEBERIELLA FLORII; LEAFHOPPER; POLYPHAGY; PSYLLID CACOPSYLLA MELANONEURA; TREE INFECTION;

DISEASE CONTROL;

DISEASES; INOCULATION; INSECTS; MALUS; PLANTS; SEEDLING ORCHARDS;

AUCHENORRHYNCHA; CACOPSYLLA MELANONEURA; CANDIDATUS PHYTOPLASMA; CANDIDATUS PHYTOPLASMA MALI; CICADELLIDAE; FIEBERIELLA FLORII; HEMIPTERA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; MALUS X DOMESTICA; PSYLLIDAE;

EID: 33644694813     PISSN: 01912917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/PD-90-0284     Document Type: Article

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