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Capturing Insect Vectors of Phytoplasmas

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Part of the book series: Methods in Molecular Biology ((MIMB,volume 938))

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Insect vectors of phytoplasmas are limited to leafhoppers, planthoppers, and psyllids. While populations can be monitored by a number of passive techniques in the field, the capture of live insects is necessary for manipulation and study. A number of physical methods for capturing these insects already exist, but more innovative traps equipped with infochemical lures for species-specific monitoring and mass trapping are being developed.

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  1. Gilat Research Center, D.N. Negev, Israel

    Phyllis Weintraub

  2. Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants, Institute for Plant Protection in Fruit Crops and Viticulture, Dossenheim, Germany

    Jürgen Gross

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  1. School of Biosciences, The University of Nottingham, Sutton Bonington Campus, Nottingham, LE12 5RD, United Kingdom

    Matt Dickinson

  2. The Food and Environment Research Agency, Sand Hutton, YO41 1LZ, United Kingdom

    Jennifer Hodgetts

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Weintraub, P., Gross, J. (2013). Capturing Insect Vectors of Phytoplasmas. In: Dickinson, M., Hodgetts, J. (eds) Phytoplasma. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 938. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-62703-089-2_6

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