The tomato potato psyllid,<i>B</i><i>actericera cockerelli</i>(Šulc, 1909) (Hemiptera: Triozidae): a review of the threat of the psyllid to Australian solanaceous crop industries and surveillance for incursions in potato crops

Walker, Paul; Allen, Gordon; Tegg, Robert S.; White, Leonie R; Wilson, C. R.

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“…Psyllid yellows (symptoms associated with reduction of plant growth and yield, top yellowing and plant death) is thought to be caused by direct feeding damage (Wallis ), and zebra chip disease in potato is caused by the transmission of the bacterium Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum (CLso) by TPP, but the bacterium also infects other solanaceous crops (Walker et al . ) with common symptoms associated with severe leaf curling and purpling.…”

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Assessment of tomato potato psyllid Bactericera cockerelli (Hemiptera: Triozidae) food plant range by comparing feeding behaviour to survival of early life stages

2017

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The tomato potato psyllid (TPP, Bactericera cockerelli) is an important vector of Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum. TPP is a phloem sap feeder, with an extensive host plant range. Measuring host plant feeding via electrical penetration graph (EPG) is a potentially less time-consuming method compared with traditional ways of assessing the host range of sap-feeding insects through feeding bioassays. Feeding behaviour of Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum-positive adult TPP was measured using EPG technique on seven plant species: capsicum, eggplant, Cape gooseberry, poroporo, black nightshade (all Solanaceae), kumara (Convolvulaceae) and coprosma (Rubiaceae). Coprosma was used as a plant species of unknown host status. EPG data were analysed for three recording durations (5, 10 and 15 h). Data recorded for 10 h provided the most accurate prediction of subsequent feeding behaviour, allowing discrimination between host plants which could support feeding by TPP and non-host plants that could not. EPG feeding behaviour was then contrasted with the survival of early life stages of TPP on four of the seven plant species under a choice situation on whole plants. The one discrepancy between the two methods for separating host from non-host plants was with Cape gooseberry. EPG suggested that Cape gooseberry was as acceptable for feeding by TPP as capsicum, but whole-plant assays showed survival of early nymph stages on Cape gooseberry was poor. EPG has merit as a tool for rapid assessment of plants at risk of feeding damage from a phloem sap feeder. However, a degree of experience is required to operate this technology successfully and to interpret the output data. The wire attachment on the insects may have a negative influence on initial plant contact. Therefore, a long recording time around 10 h may be required to offset this limitation.

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Assessment of tomato potato psyllid Bactericera cockerelli (Hemiptera: Triozidae) food plant range by comparing feeding behaviour to survival of early life stages

2017

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“…Psyllids (Hemiptera: Psylloidea) are small sucking insects, the majority of which are highly host specific for many economically and ecologically important plant species, which they directly (damage caused by feeding) or indirectly ( pathogen vector) injure (Hodkinson, 2009;Grafton-Cardwell et al, 2013;Nissinen et al, 2014;Walker et al, 2014). Australian species (i.e.…”

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Visual acuity trade-offs and microhabitat driven adaptation of searching behaviour in psyllids (Hemiptera: Psylloidea: Aphalaridae)

Farnier

Dyer

Taylor

et al. 2015

Journal of Experimental Biology

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There was an error published in J. Exp. Biol. 218, 1564-1571.The images in Fig. 5 were mislabelled. The correct version is given below.The authors apologise for any inconvenience this may have caused. ABSTRACTInsects have evolved morphological and physiological adaptations in response to selection pressures inherent to their ecology. Consequently, visual performance and acuity often significantly vary between different insect species. Whilst psychophysics has allowed for the accurate determination of visual acuity for some Lepidoptera and Hymenoptera, very little is known about other insect taxa that cannot be trained to positively respond to a given stimulus. In this study, we demonstrate that prior knowledge of insect colour preferences can be used to facilitate acuity testing. We focused on four psyllid species (Hemiptera: Psylloidea: Aphalaridae), namely Ctenarytaina eucalypti, Ctenarytaina bipartita, Anoeconeossa bundoorensis and Glycaspis brimblecombei, that differ in their colour preferences and utilization of different host-plant modules (e.g. apical buds, stems, leaf lamellae) and tested their visual acuity in a modified Y-maze adapted to suit psyllid searching behaviour. Our study revealed that psyllids have visual acuity ranging from 6.3 to 8.7 deg. Morphological measurements for different species showed a close match between inter-ommatidial angles and behaviourally determined visual angles (between 5.5 and 6.6 deg) suggesting detection of colour stimuli at the single ommatidium level. Whilst our data support isometric scaling of psyllids' eyes for C. eucalypti, C. bipartita and G. brimblecombei, a morphological trade-off between light sensitivity and spatial resolution was found in A. bundoorensis. Overall, species whose microhabitat preferences require more movement between modules appear to possess superior visual acuity. The psyllid searching behaviours that we describe with the help of tracking software depict species-specific strategies that presumably evolved to optimize searching for food and oviposition sites.

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“…In February 2017 TPP was discovered in an inner suburban region of Perth, Western Australia. This was the rst mainland Australian incursion, after TPP established in New Zealand in 2006 (Teulon et al, 2009) and on the Australian territory of Norfolk Island in 2015 (Walker et al, 2015). As TPP was deemed unfeasible to eradicate from Western Australia, surveillance focused on detecting the presence of CLso.…”

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Optimizing efficiencies in biosecurity surveillance and monitoring: testing colour and multi-lure traps on tomato potato psyllid, other plant-lice (Psylloidea) and stinkbugs (Pentatomoidea)

Moir

Croeser

Telfer

et al. 2021

Preprint

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Cost efficiency in biosecurity surveillance is vital, and the ability to survey for multiple pest species using just one trap therefore highly appealing. The Psylloidea, or plantlice, contain significant horticultural pest species that act as vectors for a number of deleterious plant bacteriums. We examine the efficacy of using two different coloured sticky traps, and two lure types on the general Psylloidea and Pentatomoidea fauna, and a target extant pest psyllid; tomato potato psyllid (TPP) Bactericera cockerelli (Šulc). Specifically, we test the effect of lure (no lure, Asian citrus psyllid ACP lure, brown marmorated stink bug BMSB lure, combined lures), sticky trap color (green vs yellow), and sentinel plant (tomato vs citrus) on psyllid and stink bug species in 104 urban backyards across Perth, Australia. We found that tomato sentinel host plants and green traps significantly increased the capture rate of TPP, but that all lures decreased the capture of TPP. Green traps also increased the capture rate of all other Psylloidea. Although BMSB lures reduced TPP capture, these lures increased abundances of other Psylloidea and the pest stinkbug Plautia affinis (Dallas) on traps. Thus, our experiment demonstrates that increased efficiencies can be gained with combination traps and lures for particular groups, provided that they have been tested on focal organisms in the first instance, as reactions to non-target lures are unpredictable and species specific.

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The tomato potato psyllid,Bactericera cockerelli(Šulc, 1909) (Hemiptera: Triozidae): a review of the threat of the psyllid to Australian solanaceous crop industries and surveillance for incursions in potato crops

Abstract: The tomato potato psyllid, Bactericera cockerelli (Šulc, 1909)

Cited by 17 publications

References 30 publications

Assessment of tomato potato psyllid Bactericera cockerelli (Hemiptera: Triozidae) food plant range by comparing feeding behaviour to survival of early life stages

Assessment of tomato potato psyllid Bactericera cockerelli (Hemiptera: Triozidae) food plant range by comparing feeding behaviour to survival of early life stages

Visual acuity trade-offs and microhabitat driven adaptation of searching behaviour in psyllids (Hemiptera: Psylloidea: Aphalaridae)

Optimizing efficiencies in biosecurity surveillance and monitoring: testing colour and multi-lure traps on tomato potato psyllid, other plant-lice (Psylloidea) and stinkbugs (Pentatomoidea)

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