Huanglongbing (HLB), formerly known as greening, is a bacterial disease restricted to some
Asian and African regions until two decades ago. Nowadays, associated bacteria and their …

Abstract Lygus bugs (Hemiptera: Miridae) can damage economically important crop plants
by feeding on their active growing points, such as the apical meristem and buds, and …

BACKGROUND The tarnished plant bug Lygus lineolaris (Palisot de Beauvois) is
considered the most damaging pest of cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) in the mid‐southern …

Abstract Diaphorina citri (Hemiptera: Liviidae) is an invasive citrus pest that colonizes young
flush shoots and spreads huanglongbing, a lethal citrus disease. Effects of D. citri colony …

Sustainable and effective means to control flying insect vectors are critically needed,
especially with widespread insecticide resistance and global climate change …

The impact of climate change drivers on cultivated plants and pest insects has come into
research focus. One of the most significant drivers is atmospheric carbon dioxide, which is …

Understanding the cues used by insects to select their hosts is essential for developing
sustainable control strategies, particularly for plant disease vectors. Pear psyllids …

Abstract Diaphorina citri Kuwayama (Hemiptera: Psyllidae) transmits the bacteria associated
with Huanglongbing, an incurable and lethal disease affecting citrus productivity and fruit …

The Asian citrus psyllid (ACP), Diaphorina citri Kuwayama, vectors Candidatus Liberibacter
asiaticus and CL americanus, the causal agents of huanglongbing (HLB), the world's most …

The present work describes a new computer-assisted image analysis method for the rapid,
simple, objective and reproducible quantification of actively discharged fungal spores which …