1Institute for Plant Protection and Environment, Department of Plant Pests, Banatska 33, 11080, Zemun, Serbia
2Agroscope Changins-Wädenswil ACW, A Ramél 18, 6593, Cadenazzo, Switzerland
3CABI Europe - Switzerland, 1 Rue des Grillons, 2800, Delémont, Switzerland
*Corresponding author e-mail: Milana Mitrovic (milanadesancic@yahoo.co.uk)
Online published on 2 January, 2015.
During 2014 composition of planthoppers and leafhoppers populations was studied in potato fields showing symptoms of ’’stolbur” phytoplasma infection in several regions in Serbia. Overall, 18 localitites have been inspected for the hemipteran specimens presence, and 19 species belonging to eight families could be identified. Nine species belong to the family Cicadellidae, three to Cixiidae and two to Delphacidae, whereas the families Aphrophoridae, Tettigometridae, Issidae, Cercopidae and Membracidae were present with only a single species. The most common was Psammotettix alienus (Dahlbom) collected on 16 sites, followed by Hyalesthes obsoletus Signoret, Reptalus quinquecostatus (Dufour), Reptalus panzeri (Löw) and Euscelis incisus (Kirschbaum). All five dominant species captured in potato fields are known to harbour or vectoring “stolbur” phytoplasma, which gives new lights to possible pathways of potato “stolbur” transmission and propagation.
“stolbur”, Hemiptera, phytoplasma, insect vectors, ’Ca. P. solani’
