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Biodiversity and ecology of potential vectors (Insecta: Hemiptera: Auchenorryncha) of Xylella fastidiosa Wells et al. in coffee plants of Puerto Rico
Xylella fastidiosa(Xf) is a xylem-limited bacterium that is the causal agent of coffee leaf scorch (CLS) in Central America. The purpose of this research was to survey potential vectors of Xf in pl...
Descriptions of eight new Acrogonia species from the Amazon region, including peculiar features of the female genitalia (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Cicadellinae: Proconiini)
Eight new species of the agriculturally important sharpshooter genus Acrogonia Stal, 1869 are described and illustrated from Brazil (one of them also recorded from Peru): A. amazonensis sp. nov. (s...
Survey of potential sharpshooter and spittlebug vectors of Xylella fastidiosa to grapevines at the Sao Francisco River Valley, Brazil
Survey of potential sharpshooter and spittlebug vectors of Xylella fastidiosa to grapevines at the Sao Francisco River Valley, Brazil. Pierce's disease of grapevines, caused by Xylella fastidiosa, ...
Transmission of Xylella fastidiosa to oleander by the glassywinged sharpshooter, Homalodisca coagulata
Studies were conducted to investigate the transmission of the oleander leaf scorch (OLS) pathogen to oleander (Nerium oleander L.) plants by sharpshooters. OLS is incited by a strain of the bacteri...
