Incursion preparedness: Anticipating the arrival of an economically important plant pathogen Xylella fastidiosa Wells (Proteobacteria: Xanthomonadaceae) and the insect vector Homalodisca vitripennis (Germar) (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) in Australia

Australian Journal of Entomology

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 209-220

  Rathé, Anna A ^a,b   Pilkington, Leigh J ^b   Gurr, Geoff M ^b   Hoddle, Mark S ^c   Daugherty, Matthew P ^c   Constable, Fiona E ^d   Luck, Joanne E ^d   Powell, Kevin S ^d   Fletcher, Murray J ^e   Edwards, Owain R ^f  

^a Australia Cooperative Research Centre for National Plant Biosecurity   (Australia)

^b CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^e NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^f CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alternative host; Biosecurity; Insect pest; Pathogen transmission; Pierce's disease

Indexed keywords

CICADELLIDAE; CITRUS; HEMIPTERA; HEXAPODA; HOMALODISCA; HOMALODISCA COAGULATA; PERSEA AMERICANA; PROTEOBACTERIA; PRUNUS DOMESTICA; PRUNUS PERSICA; PRUNUS PERSICA NUCIPERSICA; VITACEAE; VITIS VINIFERA; XANTHOMONADACEAE; XYLELLA FASTIDIOSA;

EID: 84866318162     PISSN: 13266756     EISSN: 14406055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-6055.2011.00856.x     Document Type: Article

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