Environmental Entomology (1987) 16, 68-71

C.E. Yonce and C.J. Chang (1987)
Detection of xylem-limited bacteria from sharpshooter leafhoppers and their feeding hosts in peach environs monitored by culture isolations and ELISA techniques
Environmental Entomology 16 (1), 68-71
Abstract: Xylem-limited bacteria (XLB) were recovered from the sharpshooter leafhoppers, Homalodisca coagulata (Say), Oncometopia orbona (F.), and Paraulacizes irrorata (F.), and cultured on artificial agar medium. Seasonal occurrence of XLB in H. coagulata and its plant hosts were determined by in vitro isolations and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISA) for XLB. XLB were recovered frequently from H. coagulata from numerous feeding hosts soon after they moved into peach orchards. Highest recoveries of XLB from host plants were from commercial plums, Prunus salicina L. (70.1%), that showed visible leaf scald symptoms, followed by peaches, Prunus persica (L. [Batsch]) (31.4%).
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Database assignments for author(s): Chung-Jan Chang

Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
transmission/dispersal of plant diseases

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Homalodisca vitripennis	Peach/nectarine (Prunus persica)	U.S.A. (SE)
	Homalodisca vitripennis	Plum/prune (Prunus domestica)	U.S.A. (SE)
	Oncometopia orbona	Peach/nectarine (Prunus persica)	U.S.A. (SE)