Zebra chip (ZC), a new and economically important disease of potato (Solanum tuberosum
L.), has been documented to occur in commercial potato fields in the United States, Mexico …

Abstract Candidatus Liberibacter species are Gram‐negative bacteria that live as phloem‐
limited obligate parasites in plants, and are associated with several plant diseases. These …

Ensuring the sustainable production of potato is an important challenge facing agriculture
globally. Insect pests are major biotic constraints affecting potato yields and tuber quality …

The potato psyllid, Bactericera cockerelli (Šulc)(Hemiptera: Triozidae), transmits the
pathogen “Candidatus liberibacter solanacearum”(Lso), the putative causal agent of zebra …

Zebra chip (ZC), a new and economically important disease of potato in the United States,
Mexico, Central America, and New Zealand, is caused by the bacterium “Candidatus …

Over the last century, repeated emergence events within the Candidatus Liberibacter taxon
have produced pathogens with devastating effects. Presently, our knowledge of Ca …

Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) is an important food crop worldwide. As the demand for fresh
and processed potato products is increasing globally, there is a need to manage and control …

In planta RNAi (ie plants engineered to synthesize active RNAi molecules) has great
potential as a strategy to control insect crop pests. This study investigated the impact of RNAi …

The potato psyllid, Bactericera cockerelli Sulcer (Hemiptera: Psyllidae), and the sweetpotato
whitefly, Bemisia tabaci Gennadius (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae), are major pests in tomato in …

BACKGROUND The tomato potato psyllid, Bactericera cockerelli (Šulc) is a new invasive
pest in Western Australia, which may disperse across the whole of Australia within a few …