1Illinois Natural History Survey, Prairie Research Institute, University of Illinois, Champaign, United States of America
2Conversant LLC, Chicago, USA
*Corresponding author e-mail: Valeria Trivellone (valeria.trivellone@gmail.com)
Online published on 25 July, 2019.
A recently published global Hemiptera-phytoplasma-plant database was analyzed using graph theory and network statistics, providing a preliminary meta-analysis of host-phytoplasma associations worldwide. Preliminary results showed that Hemiptera-phytoplasma (HP) and plant-phytoplasma networks have low density and HP associations also show a modular and nested structure, suggesting that different phytoplasmas occupy exclusive ecological compartments of association with their hosts.
Ecological network, graph theory, leafhopper, planthopper, psyllid, plant pathogen
