Detection and variability of aster yellows phytoplasma titer in its insect vector, macrosteles quadrilineatus (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae)

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 104, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1800-1815

  Frost, K E ^a   Willis, D K ^a   Groves, R L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b University of Wisconsin ^*

Author keywords

Aster leafhopper; aster yellows; aster yellows phytoplasma; Macrosteles quadrilineatus; qPCR

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; RIBOSOME DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASTERACEAE; DISEASE CARRIER; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GENETICS; HEMIPTERA; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PHYTOPLASMA; PLANT DISEASE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; ASTERACEAE; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FEMALE; HEMIPTERA; INSECT VECTORS; MALE; MISSOURI; PHYTOPLASMA; PLANT DISEASES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WISCONSIN;

EID: 84255194426     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/EC11183     Document Type: Article

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