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Leafhopper—natural vector of citrus stubborn disease?
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California Agriculture 29(2):14-15.
Published February 01, 1975
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Abstract
The citrus stubborn disease organism, Spiroplasma citri, has been transmitted from citrus to periwinkle plants by a leafhopper, Scaphytopius nitridus, which breeds on citrus in southern California. This is the first report of transmission of the stubborn disease organism by in-sects that acquired the organism by feeding on diseased citrus plants.