| the complete mitochondrial genome sequence of bactericera cockerelli and comparison with three other psylloidea species. | potato psyllid (bactericera cockerelli) is an important pest of potato, tomato and pepper. not only could a toxin secreted by nymphs results in serious phytotoxemia in some host plants, but also over the past few years b. cockerelli was shown to transmit "candidatus liberibacter solanacearum", the putative bacterial pathogen of potato zebra chip (zc) disease, to potato and tomato. zc has caused devastating losses to potato production in the western u.s., mexico, and elsewhere. new knowledge of t ... | 2016 | 27227976 |