Influence of chrysanthemum yellows phytoplasma on the fitness of two of its leafhopper vectors, macrosteles quadripunctulatus and euscelidius variegatus

Bulletin of Insectology

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 349-354

  D'Amelio, Romina ^a,b   Palermo, Simona ^b   Marzachì, Cristina ^a   Bosco, Domenico ^b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR SUSTAINABLE PLANT PROTECTION   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fecundity; Longevity; Pathogenicity; Phytoplasma vectors; Real time pcr quantification

Indexed keywords

AVENA SATIVA; CANDIDATUS PHYTOPLASMA; CANDIDATUS PHYTOPLASMA ASTERIS; CHRYSANTHEMUM; CHRYSANTHEMUM CARINATUM; CHRYSANTHEMUM YELLOWS PHYTOPLASMA; CICADELLIDAE; EUSCELIDIUS VARIEGATUS; HEMIPTERA; HEXAPODA; MACROSTELES QUADRIPUNCTULATUS;

EID: 77549087217     PISSN: 17218861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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