Identification of three new 'Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum' haplotypes in four psyllid species (Hemiptera: Psylloidea).

ABSTRACT: Eleven haplotypes of the bacterium, 'Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum', have been identified worldwide, several of which infect important agricultural crops. In the United States, haplotypes A and B are associated with yield and quality losses in potato, tomato, and other crops of the Solanaceae. Both haplotypes are vectored by potato psyllid, Bactericera cockerelli. Recently, a third haplotype, designated F, was identified in southern Oregon potato fields. To identify the vector of this haplotype, psyllids of multiple species were collected from yellow sticky cards placed near potato fields during two growing seasons. Over 2700 specimens were tested for 'Ca. L. solanacearum' by polymerase chain reaction. Forty-seven psyllids harbored the bacterium. The infected specimens comprised fou

SUBMITTER: Grimm KDS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9712394 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature