Overwintering of corn leafhopper, Dalbulus maidis (Homoptera: Cicadellidae), and Spiroplasma kunkelii (Mycoplasmatales: Spiroplasmataceae) in California's San Joaquin Valley

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1644-1651

  Summers, C G ^a,b   Newton Jr , A S ^a,b   Opgenorth, D C ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University of California   (United States)

^c Plant Pest Diagnostics Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Corn leafhopper; Corn stunt; Dalbulus maidis; Spiroplasma; Spiroplasma kunkelii

Indexed keywords

OVERWINTERING; PEST SPECIES; SURVIVAL;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

CICADELLIDAE; DALBULUS; DALBULUS MAIDIS; HEMIPTERA; HOMOPTERA; MEDICAGO; MEDICAGO SATIVA; MYCOPLASMATALES; PEREGRINUS MAIDIS; RIPARIA; SPIROPLASMA; SPIROPLASMA KUNKELII; SPIROPLASMATACEAE; TRITICALE HEXAPLOIDE; TRITICOSECALE; TRITICUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 85032070543     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X-33.6.1644     Document Type: Article

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