The capacity to predict the geographic distribution and relative abundance of invasive species is pivotal to developing policy for eradication or control and management. Commonly used methods fall under the ambit of ecological niche models (ENMs). These methods were reviewed and shortcomings...

In this review, climate change, invasive pests, changes in horticultural techniques and plant protection strategies are considered as major factors potentially involved in problems associated with grape pests. Temperature increase can alter pest phenology, determining an increase in the number of...

Aim: The aim of this study was to investigate the occurrence of new leafhopper species, which could be potential vectors of plant pathogens, in the vineyards of the Bordeaux region. Methods and results: Grapevine woody canes were collected in a vineyard without insecticide treatments during the...

A statewide survey has been initiated in Oklahoma, USA, of potential insect vectors of Xylella fastidiosa, which are xylem-fluid feeding species in the families Cicadellidae and Cercopidae. Yellow sticky cards measuring 12.2 × 7.6 cm were placed throughout selected vineyards and tree nurseries...

This work dealt with Hyalesthes obsoletus, which is the only known vector of Bois noir disease in grapevine. Investigation centered on its flight activity and occurrence on bindweed and stinging nettle and, to a lesser extent, hedge bindweed and dead-nettle in North-Eastern Italy. The survey...

In 2009 in Slovenia, an uncultivable cell-wall-less pathogenic bacterium of the class Mollicutes, i.e. a phytoplasma belonging to the 16SrV (Elm yellows) group, was found in the mosaic leafhopper Orientus ishidae (Hemiptera, Cicadomorpha: Cicadellidae). Molecular analyses (involving real-time PCR...

Compared to human- and wildlife-transmitted pathogens, less emphasis has been placed on developing models of plant pathogen transmission by insects. Here, we describe the transmission ecology of the bacterium Xylella fastidiosa Wells et al., the causal agent of Pierce's disease in grapevines, by...

A new leafhopper pest, Scaphoideus titanus Ball, 1932, was introduced from North America to France more than forty years ago with grapevine propagating material. Since then it has been found in many European countries, also in those neighbouring Hungary, thus its spreading towards Hungary was...

In 2006, new sites near the Hungarian border were involved in monitoring of the leafhopper (Scaphoideus titanus) fauna in vineyards with symptoms of phytoplasma infection. Surveys were conducted using yellow sticky traps in the counties Baranya, Fejér, Györ-Moson-Sopron, Heves, Somogy, Vas,...