EPPO Global Database

'Candidatus Phytoplasma ulmi'(PHYPUL)

Vectors

Important note on vectors:
Information on vectors and their associated pathogens is a new feature of the database (April 2023). Data will gradually be entered by the EPPO Secretariat and will focus on regulated (quarantine) pests.
Organism Type
Lepyronia quadrangularis (LEPOQU) Potential vector
* Rosa C, Mc Carthy E, Duong K, Hoover G, Moorman G (2014) First report of the spittlebug Lepyronia quadrangularis and the leafhopper Latalus sp. as vectors of the Elm yellows associated phytoplasma, Candidatus Phytoplasma ulmi in North America. Plant Disease 98(1), 154-155.
------- In experiments.
Macropsis glandacea (MACPGL) Known vector
* Carraro L, Ferrini F, Ermacora P, Loi N, Martini M & Osler R (2004) Macropsis mendax as a vector of elm yellows phytoplasma of Ulmus species. Plant Pathology 53, 90-95.
------- Vector of elm yellows in Nothern Italy, but its efficiency remains to be further studied.
Scaphoideus luteolus (SCAPLU) Known vector
* Baker WL (1949) Studies on the transmission of the virus causing phloem necrosis of American elm, with notes on the biology of its insect vector. Journal of Economic Entomology 42, 729-732.

* Sinclair WA (1981) Elm yellows. In: Compendium of Elm Diseases (ed Stipes RJ & Campana RJ), pp. 25-31. The American Phytopathological Society, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA.

* Sinclair WA (2000) Elm yellows in North America. In: The Elms: Breeding, Conservation, and Disease Management (ed Dunn CP), pp. 121-136. Kluwer Academic Publisher, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.