Absence of Transovarial Transmission of ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma ulmi’ in the Vector Amplicephalus curtulus Linnavuori & DeLong (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae): Is It a Rule More Than an Exception?

Neotropical Entomology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 1-9

  Arismendi, N L ^a   Fiore, N ^b   Carrillo, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Elm yellows; leafhopper; phytoplasma; transovarial transmission; X disease

Indexed keywords

AMPLICEPHALUS; CANDIDATUS PHYTOPLASMA; CICADELLIDAE; HEMIPTERA; ULMUS;

ANIMAL; FEMALE; HEMIPTERA; INSECT VECTOR; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; NYMPH; OVARY; OVUM; PHYTOPLASMA;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; HEMIPTERA; INSECT VECTORS; NYMPH; OVARY; OVUM; PHYTOPLASMA;

EID: 84926677767     PISSN: 1519566X     EISSN: 16788052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13744-014-0249-2     Document Type: Article

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