Scientific name: Bactericera cockerelli
Size: 1,9 mm
Origin: North America
Name (ES): Pulgón saltador de la patata y el tomate
Description:
This pest is limited to solanaceous crops with a preference for tomato, potato, aubergine and pepper.
A vector for ‘Candidatus liberibacter solanacearum’ bacteria, they acquire and propagate the pathogen by feeding on infected plants. It is the causal agent of ‘zebra Chip’ disease, causing brown decolouration of the vascular ring in fruit and stripes in potatoes. Damage is also caused to the aerial parts of plants, through atrophy or abnormal growth, chlorosis or purple leaves, inflated knots, aerial tubercles etc.
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