Effects of pymetrozine, an antifeedant of Hemiptera, on Asian citrus psyllid, Diaphorina citri, feeding behavior, survival and transmission of Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus

Pest Management Science

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 146-155

  Raj Boina, Dhana ^a   Youn, Youngnam ^b   Folimonova, Svetlana ^a   Stelinski, Lukasz L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Chungnam National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Antifeedant activity; Asian citrus psyllid; Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus transmission; Citrus greening; Huanglongbing; Pymetrozine

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE; PYMETROZINE; TRIAZINE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ANTIFEEDANT; BACTERIAL DISEASE; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FRUIT; INSECTICIDE; LOUSE; SURVIVAL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DISEASE CARRIER; DRUG EFFECT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEMIPTERA; INSECT CONTROL; MALE; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT DISEASE; RHIZOBIACEAE;

ANIMALS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEMIPTERA; INSECT CONTROL; INSECT VECTORS; INSECTICIDES; MALE; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; PLANT DISEASES; RHIZOBIACEAE; TRIAZINES;

CANDIDATUS LIBERIBACTER ASIATICUS; CITRONCIRUS WEBBERI; CITRUS; CITRUS SINENSIS; DIAPHORINA CITRI; HEMIPTERA; KUWAYAMA; PSYLLIDAE; SWINGLE CITRUMELO;

EID: 78650979140     PISSN: 1526498X     EISSN: 15264998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ps.2042     Document Type: Article

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