Salivary enzymes are injected into xylem by the glassy-winged sharpshooter, a vector of Xylella fastidiosa

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 58, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 949-959

  Backus, Elaine A ^a   Andrews, Kim B ^b   Shugart, Holly J ^a   Carl Greve, L ^b   Labavitch, John M ^b   Alhaddad, Hasan ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrical penetration graph; EPG; Glucanase; Hemiptera; Xylella fastidiosa transmission

Indexed keywords

CELLULASE; INSECT PROTEIN;

BACTERIAL DISEASE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DISEASE VECTOR; ENZYME ACTIVITY; INSECT; POLYSACCHARIDE; XYLEM;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DISEASE CARRIER; ENZYMOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HEMIPTERA; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT DISEASE; SALIVA; VITIS; XYLELLA; XYLEM;

ANIMALS; CELLULASE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HEMIPTERA; INSECT PROTEINS; INSECT VECTORS; PLANT DISEASES; SALIVA; VITIS; XYLELLA; XYLEM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HEMIPTERA; HEXAPODA; HOMALODISCA; HOMALODISCA COAGULATA; VITACEAE; XYLELLA FASTIDIOSA;

EID: 84862838726     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2012.04.011     Document Type: Article

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