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Age determination of the glassy-winged sharpshooter, Homalodisca vitripennis, using wing pigmentation

A red pigment is contained in the wing veins of the glassy-winged sharpshooter, Homalodisca vitripennis (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae). This insect is the main vector of the plant-pathogenic bacterium X...

Detection and analysis of the bacterium, Xylella fastidiosa, in glassy-winged sharpshooter, Homalodisca vitripennis, populations in Texas

The glassy-winged sharpshooter, Homalodisca vitripeninis Germar (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae), is a xylophagous insect that is an endemic pest of several economically important plants in Texas. H. vitr...

IMPACTS OF AN ORANGE OIL SOLVENT AND STICKEM (R) ON THE DETECTION OF XYLELLA FASTIDIOSA DNA IN GLASSY-WINGED SHARPSHOOTERS, HOMALODISCA VITRIPENNIS (HEMIPTERA: CICADELLIDAE)

Xylella fastidiosa is a plant pathogenic bacterium that causes many economically important agricultural diseases and is transmitted by the glassy-winged sharpshooter, Homalodisca vitripennis (Hemip...

Xylella fastidiosa genotype differentiation by SYBR (R) Green-based QRT-PCR

Pathotype differentiation within Xylella fastidiosa (Wells) is necessary to accurately identify the causal agents of several leaf scorch diseases in agronomic crops and ornamentals. Three strain gr...