Other Plant Disease — Worldwide/Unknown
The tomato-potato psyllid (_Bactericera cockerelli_) has not previously been detected on Norfolk Island, but has now been found as part of a major quarantine survey co-ordinated by the Australian and Norfolk Island governments.
Andrew Geering, Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation, said, “The psyllid feeds on tomato, potato and capsicum crops [and] transmits a serious disease known as Zebra chip caused by the bacterium _Ca._ Liberibacter solanacearum, which we have also
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