Fife, Austin N


Publications
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Potato Psyllid (Hemiptera: Triozidae) Behavior on Three Potato Genotypes With Tolerance to ‘Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum’

Citation
Fife et al. (2020). Journal of Insect Science 20 (2)
Names
“Liberibacter solanacearum” Ca. Liberibacter psyllaurous
Abstract
Abstract The potato/tomato psyllid Bactericera cockerelli (Šulc) transmits ‘Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum’ (Lso) (also known as ‘Candidatus Liberibacter psyllaurous’), the bacterium associated with zebra chip disease (ZC) in potato. When disease incidence is high, ZC causes large economic losses through reductions in potato yield and tuber quality. No commercial potato variety has been found totally resistant to the pathogen. We evaluated host acceptance behaviors using no-