Shapiro, Ana Austin


Publications
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Effect of ‘Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum’ on Fitness of Its Insect Vector, Bactericera cockerelli (Hemiptera: Triozidae), on Tomato

Citation
Nachappa et al. (2012). Phytopathology® 102 (1)
Names
“Liberibacter solanacearum”
Abstract
The potato/tomato psyllid, Bactericera cockerelli transmits the bacterium ‘Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum’, also known as ‘Ca. L. psyllaurous’, which causes zebra chip disease in solanaceous crops. There have been no studies addressing the effect of the bacterial plant pathogen on the biology of its insect vector. We examined several life-history traits, including 7-day fecundity, hatching percentage, incubation time, nymphal survival percentage, nymphal development time, total developmen