Description of two new species belonging to the genus Deltocephalus Burmeister (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae: Deltocephalini) from India

Chalam, M.S.V.; Rao, V. Ramasubba

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“…Some species vector phytopathogenic organisms (viruses, micoplasmas, Sequences were aligned with ClustalW2 and the tree viewed with Java 6.0 software. Abbreviations are specified in Table 1 and spiroplasmas) (Chalam and Rao 2005). The zigzag leafhopper Recilia dorsalis (Motschulsky) is a vector of rice dwarf phytoreovirus (Takata 1985), rice gall dwarf phytoreovirus (Brunt et al 1990) Since phytoplasmas are assigned taxonomic status of Candidatus (ICSB 1995), defined at 97.5% similarity of the 16S rDNA sequence, phytoplasma isolated from source plant (diseased Napier grass), R. banda, and exposed Napier grass had 99% sequence identity, and were most related to Napier stunt Uganda (99%) and Kenya (98%).…”

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Recilia banda Kramer (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae), a vector of Napier stunt phytoplasma in Kenya

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Masiga

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Napier grass (Pennisetum purpureum) is the most important fodder crop in smallholder dairy production systems in East Africa, characterized by small zero-grazing units. It is also an important trap crop used in the management of cereal stemborers in maize in the region. However, production of Napier grass in the region is severely constrained by Napier stunt disease. The etiology of the disease is known to be a phytoplasma, 16SrXI strain. However, the putative insect vector was yet unknown. We sampled and identified five leafhopper and three planthopper species associated with Napier grass and used them as candidates in pathogen transmission experiments. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR), based on the highly conserved 16S gene, primed by P1/P6-R16F2n/R16R2 nested primer sets was used to diagnose phytoplasma on test plants and insects, before and after transmission experiments. Healthy plants were exposed for 60 days to insects that had fed on diseased plants and acquired phytoplasma. The plants were then incubated for another 30 days. Nested PCR analyses showed that 58.3% of plants exposed to Recilia banda Kramer (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) were positive for phytoplasma and developed characteristic stunt disease symptoms while 60% of R. banda insect samples were similarly phytoplasma positive. We compared the nucleotide sequences of the phytoplasma isolated from R. banda, Napier grass on which these insects were fed, and Napier grass infected by R. banda, and found them to be virtually identical. The results confirm that R. banda transmits Napier stunt phytoplasma in western Kenya, and may be the key vector of Napier stunt disease in this region.

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Recilia banda Kramer (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae), a vector of Napier stunt phytoplasma in Kenya

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Masiga

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Nomenclatural changes and notes in the Deltocephalinae (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae)

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Description of two new species belonging to the genus Deltocephalus Burmeister (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae: Deltocephalini) from India

Abstract: Two new species, Deltocephalus (Recilia) delongi and Deltocephalus (Recilia) parapruthii, of the genus Deltocephalus Burmeister from India are described and illustrated.

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Recilia banda Kramer (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae), a vector of Napier stunt phytoplasma in Kenya

Recilia banda Kramer (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae), a vector of Napier stunt phytoplasma in Kenya

Nomenclatural changes and notes in the Deltocephalinae (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae)

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