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PSYLLA PYRICOLA (HEMIPTERA: PSYLLIDAE) VECTOR RELATIONSHIPS WITH ERWINIA AMYLOVORA

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

W. H. A. Wilde ,
J. Carpenter ,
J. Liberty  and
J. Tunnicliffe
W. H. A. Wilde
Affiliation:
Department of Entomology, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario
J. Carpenter
Affiliation:
Department of Entomology, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario
J. Liberty
Affiliation:
Department of Entomology, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario
J. Tunnicliffe
Affiliation:
Department of Entomology, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario
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Abstract

Psylla pyricola Foerster (pear psylla) transmitted Erwinia amylovora Winslow (fireblight) in 7 of 596 tests made from 1964 to 1969 at the University of Guelph, Guelph, Ont., Canada. Confirmation of transmission was by symptom expression and phage increase in Pyrus test tissue.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 103 , Issue 8 , August 1971 , pp. 1175 - 1178
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1971

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