This paper presents the results of several trials conducted in 2009-14 in Italy to test different control strategies against the grapevine mealybug (Planococcus ficus), an introduced species in Trentino, which can cause direct damage (limiting production) and indirect (virus transmission) on the...

Scaphoideus titanus Ball, the main vector of Flavescence dorée phytoplasma, was monitored in Slovakia during 2013 and 2014. The species was present in the vineyards of eastern Slovakia but it was rarely found in the south of central part of the country. It was also found at many locations of...

Olive (Olea europaea) trees exhibiting leaf scorch or branch dieback symptoms in California were surveyed for the xylem-limited, fastidious bacterium Xylella fastidiosa. Only approximately 17% of diseased trees tested positive for X. fastidiosa by polymerase chain reaction, and disease symptoms...

In 2013, 19 adults of a leafhopper with the morphological traits of Scaphoideus titanus were captured for the first time in Apulia, Italy, on traps exposed from mid-August to mid-September. The collected specimens were brought to the laboratory and 17 of them were tested individually by nested PCR...

Epidemiology of plant diseases caused by phytoplasmas depends on vector's biology and its preference to the host plant. Grapevine yellows (GY) caused by stolbur phytoplasma (16SrXII-A subgroup, 'Candidatus Phytoplasma solani'), during last 15 years became one of the economically most important...

The present study reports the first data on the occurrence of the mosaic leafhopper, Orientus ishidae (Matsumura) (Hemiptera Cicadellidae), in Hungary. The species is of eastern Palaearctic origin and a few years after its first detection in the western Palaearctic it has been reported from several ...

Gyponinae includes leafhoppers species and has been little studied in relation to its potential as a vector for microorganisms and their occurrence in crops. The objective of this study was to realize the faunistic analysis and know the population fluctuation of Gyponinae species (Hemiptera:...

Species distribution models (SDMs), which are well established in many fields of biological research, are still uncommon in the agricultural risk analysis of pest insects. To exemplify the use of SDMs, we investigated the influence of environmental factors on the occurrence of Hyalesthes obsoletus...

In the period of 2011-12, in the context of Decree on the implementation of measures for the suppression and spread of Grapevine flavescence doree and suppression of the leafhopper (Scaphoideus titanus Ball) in the wine-growing region of Posavje, detailed study of the bionomics and the success of...

Planococcus citri (Risso, 1813) (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) is an important plant virus vector in grapevine crops in Brazil and other countries. The mealybug grows in roots and leaves of the grapes. Entomopathogenic nematodes (EPNs) are efficient control agents against insects associated to the...