Asaia, a transformable bacterium, associated with Scaphoideus titanus, the vector of "flavescence dorée"

Bulletin of Insectology

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 219-220

  Crotti, Elena ^a   Pajoro, Massimo ^b   Damiani, Claudia ^c   Ricci, Irene ^c   Negri, Ilaria ^b   Rizzi, Aurora ^a   Clementi, Emanuela ^d   Raddadi, Noura ^a   Scuppa, Patrizia ^c   Marzorati, Massimo ^a   Pasqualini, Luciano ^c   Bandi, Claudio ^a   Sacchi, Luciano ^d   Favia, Guido ^c   Alma, Alberto ^b   Daffonchio, Daniele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMERINO   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

"Flavescence dor e" phytoplasma; Anopheles; Asaia; Scaphoideus titanus; Symbiotic control

Indexed keywords

ASAIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANDIDATUS PHYTOPLASMA; CICADELLIDAE; FLAVESCENCE DOREE; FLAVESCENCE DOREE PHYTOPLASMA; HEMIPTERA; HEXAPODA; SCAPHOIDEUS TITANUS;

EID: 77952075488     PISSN: 17218861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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