Leafhopper and Psyllid Pests of Potato

‘Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum’

“…A comprehensive review of the history and association of this bacterium with zebra chip and other diseases of solanaceous crops was provided by Crosslin et al . (), Munyaneza (, ), and Munyaneza & Henne (). First reported in Mexico in the 1990s, zebra chip was documented causing serious economic damage in parts of Southern Texas in 2004‐2005.…”

“…2). Upon frying, these symptoms become more pronounced and crisps or chips processed from affected tubers show very dark blotches, stripes, or streaks, rendering them commercially unacceptable (Munyaneza et al, 2007a(Munyaneza et al, ,b, 2008Secor et al, 2009;Crosslin et al, 2010;Miles et al, 2010;Munyaneza, 2012;Munyaneza & Henne, 2012). The symptoms in potato tubers have led to the disease being named 'zebra chip' (Munyaneza et al, 2007a,b;Munyaneza, 2012).…”

“…L. solanacearum' was first identified in 2008 (Hansen et al, 2008;Liefting et al, 2008a,b) and shown to be associated with zebra chip disease of potato, which has been observed since the 1990s with increasing impacts and linked to B. cockerelli for the first time in 2007 (Munyaneza et al, 2007a,b). A comprehensive review of the history and association of this bacterium with zebra chip and other diseases of solanaceous crops was provided by Crosslin et al (2010), Munyaneza (2010Munyaneza ( , 2012, and Munyaneza & Henne (2012). First reported in Mexico in the 1990s, zebra chip was documented causing serious economic damage in parts of Southern Texas in 2004-2005.…”

Bactericera cockerelli

“… ‐ Alberta, British Columbia, Ontario, Quebec, Saskatchewan ‐ Mexico: Baja California, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Guanajuato, Jalisco, Nuevo León, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tlaxcala (Tuthill, ; Cadena‐Hinojosa et al ., ; Rubio‐Covarrubias et al ., ; Munyaneza et al ., ; Trumble, ; Munyaneza et al ., ,c,d; Munyaneza, ; Butler & Trumble, ; Munyaneza & Henne, ) ‐ USA: Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Kansas, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Washington, Wyoming (Pletsch, ; Wallis, ; Cranshaw, ; Abdullah, ; Munyaneza et al ., ; Crosslin et al ., , ,b; Munyaneza, , ; Butler & Trumble, ; Munyaneza & Henne, ). …”

“…Central America : Guatemala, Honduras (departments of Intibucá, Ocotepeque and Francisco Morazán), and Nicaragua (Pletsch, ; Wallis, ; Secor & Rivera‐Varas, ; Trumble, , ; Jackson et al ., ; Secor et al ., ; Espinoza, ; Munyaneza, , ; Rehman et al ., ; Butler & Trumble, ; Munyaneza & Henne, ). The psyllid is also suspected to occur in neighbouring countries, including El Salvador (Munyaneza, unpublished data).…”