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Behavioral responses of Homalodisca vitripennis (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Cicadellidae) on four Vitis genotypes.
Environmental entomology - 1 Aug 2007
Fritschi Felix B, Cabrera-La Rosa Juan C, Lin Hong, Johnson Marshall W, Groves Russell L
Abstract excerpt
Pierce's disease is a major threat to the California grape industry. The disease-causing bacterium Xylella fastidiosa is vectored by a number of leafhoppers including Homalodisca vitripennis (Germar) (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae). Experiments were conducted to study H. vitripennis preference, feeding, and survivorship in response to four Vitis genotypes. Plants of V. vinifera ('Chardonnay'), V. girdiana, V....
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