Article
Vector transmission of Xylella fastidiosa: applying fundamental knowledge to generate disease management strategies
2005-11-01
Abstract excerpt
Xylella fastidiosa is a xylem-limited bacterium transmitted to plants by xylem sap-feeding insects. This pathogen has a wide host range, causing disease in crops such as grape, citrus, almond, and coffee; ornamental plants; and trees. Sharpshooter leafhoppers are the major vectors of X. fastidiosa to crops of economic importance. Transmission characteristics include the lack of a latent period, no transstadial or...
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- Literature Corpus work
- bdf9ba1b-1f3f-5516-bae0-d807350a2bf2
- DOI
- 10.1603/0013-8746(2005)098[0775:vtoxfa]2.0.co;2
