Ovipositional preferences, damage thresholds, and detection of the tomato–potato psyllid Bactericera cockerelli (Homoptera: Psyllidae) on selected tomato accessions

• Published in: Bulletin of entomological research Vol. 96; no. 2; pp. 197 - 204
• Main Authors: Liu, D., Trumble, J.T.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge, UK Cambridge University Press 01.04.2006
• Subjects: Analysis of Variance; Animals; Behavior, Animal - physiology; Biological and medical sciences; crop damage; Cultivars; economic injury level; economic threshold; Eggs; Female; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Hemiptera - physiology; host plants; Host-Parasite Interactions - physiology; Leaves; lines; Lycopersicon esculentum; Lycopersicon esculentum - classification; Lycopersicon esculentum - parasitology; Nymph - physiology; oviposition; Oviposition - physiology; pest monitoring; pest resistance; pest tolerance; Pests; Phytopathology. Animal pests. Plant and forest protection; Plant Leaves - physiology; Plant resistance; Population Density; Potatoes; Preferences; Principal Component Analysis; Principal components analysis; Protozoa. Invertebrates; psyllid yellows; Psyllidae; Records, symptoms, damages, economic importance, population surveys; Review Article; Solanum lycopersicum var. lycopersicum; Statistics as Topic; symptoms; tomato; Tomatoes; Toxins; United States > US; Mexico; California; plant resistance; psyllid yellows; tomato; economic injury level; Solanum tuberosum; Insecta; Psylloidea; Economic damage threshold; Host plant selection; Population survey; Pest; Homoptera; Vegetable crop; Arthropoda; Dicotyledones; Insect resistance; Angiospermae; Lycopersicon esculentum; Spermatophyta; Tuber plant; Solanaceae; Invertebrata; Egg laying behavior; Population density; Psyllidae

The tomato–potato psyllid Bactericera [Paratrioza] cockerelli (Sulc) has recently caused losses exceeding 50% on fresh market tomatoes in California and Baja, Mexico by injecting a toxin that results in a condition known as ‘psyllid yellows’. The objectives of this study were to: (i) document ovipos...