Zebra chip, a new and economically important disease of potato, Solanum tuberosum L., in the United States, Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and New Zealand has caused millions of dollars in loss to the potato industry. The disease is associated with the bacterium "Candidatus Liberibacter...

Temperature has been shown to have a significant effect on development of liberibacter species associated with citrus Huanglongbing disease. 'Candidatus Liberibacter africanus' and 'Ca. L. americanus' are both heat sensitive, whereas 'Ca. L. asiaticus' is heat tolerant. The recently described 'Ca....

Potato psyllid, Bactericera cockerelli, is a serious pest of potato and other solanaceous vegetables in the United States, Mexico, Central America, and New Zealand and is responsible for transmission of Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum which causes a disease known as "zebra chip" (ZC)....