Roberto Rivera-Martínez1, Agustín David Acosta-Guadarrama1, José Francisco Ramírez-Dávila2,*, Fidel Lara Vazquez1, Dulce Karen Figueroa Figueroa1
Phyton-International Journal of Experimental Botany, Vol.88, No.4, pp. 449-458, 2019, DOI:10.32604/phyton.2019.06350
Abstract Tomato crops (Physalis ixocarpa Brot.) are produced in almost all
Mexico, part of the United States and Central America. Recently the tomato
production has suffered economic losses of 70% to 80% due the presence of
yellowing and floral abortion, whose causal agent has been attributed to the
presence of phytoplasma; an insect vector of these phytoplasma is Bactericera
cockerrelli Sulc. Alternative control of this psyllid has lacked effectiveness
because their spatial distribution is unknown within tomato plots. This study
aimed to determine the spatial distribution of populations of nymphs of B.
cockerelli in four tomato plots, the determination… More >
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