“Candidatus Liberibacter” species are associated with economically devastating diseases of
citrus, potato, and many other crops. The importance of these diseases as well as the …

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 …

A new defect of potato, Solanum tuberosum L.,“zebra chip,” so named for the characteristic
symptoms that develop in fried chips from infected potato tubers, has recently been …

Citrus huanglongbing (HLB or citrus greening), is a highly destructive disease that has been
spreading in both Florida and Brazil. Its psyllid vector, Diaphorina citri Kuwayama, has …

The potato/tomato psyllid, Bactericera cockerelli (Sulc)(Hemiptera: Triozidae) has been a
major pest of solanaceous crops for decades. This pest can cause damage to crop plants by …

With a few notable exceptions, urban garden scholarship tends to be either celebratory or
critical of the role urban gardens play in wider political, social, cultural, economic and …

The use of nanoparticles (NPs) has generated an alternative pest control. The objective was
to evaluate the insecticidal effect of zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnO NPs), titanium dioxide …

The psyllid Trioza apicalis Förster (Hemiptera: Triozidae) is a serious pest of carrots, Daucus
carota L., in Europe. Carrots exhibiting symptoms of psyllid damage were observed in …

Three haplotypes of the recently discovered bacterium species “Candidatus Liberibacter
solanacearum” are described and related to geographic ranges. The first two are associated …

The potato psyllid, Bactericera cockerelli (Sulc)(Hemiptera: Triozidae), is a vector of the
bacterium “Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum,” the putative causal agent of potato …