| transmission of sugarcane white leaf phytoplasma by yamatotettix flavovittatus, a new leafhopper vector. | sugarcane white leaf disease is caused by plant pathogenic phytoplasmas that are transmitted to the plant by the leafhopper matsumuratettix hiroglyphicus (matsumura). to determine whether there are other insect vectors that transmit this disease pathogen, leafhopper species in sugarcane, saccharum officinarum l., fields in northeastern thailand were monitored by using light traps. sixty-nine leafhopper species from family cicadellidae were found. using nested polymerase chain reaction (pcr) with ... | 2006 | 17066780 |