Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum’ (Lso) is a bacterium that infects solanaceous crops and causes plant decline and yield losses, especially in potato and tomato. Lso is transmitted to these hosts by the potato psyllid (Bactericera cockerelli Sulc) vector. B. cockerelli host plants are not limited to crop plants, but also include...
The potato psyllid, Bactericera cockerelli (Šulc), is
a vector of the bacterium ‘Candidatus Liberibacter
solanacearum’ (Lso) that has been linked to the economically
devastating zebra chip disease of potato. To date, four haplotypes
of the potato psyllid have been identified and include
Central, Western, Northwestern, and Southwestern haplotypes.
Zebra chip...