BACTERICERA COCKERELLI: INCURSION, DISPERSAL AND CURRENT DISTRIBUTION ON VEGETABLE CROPS IN NEW ZEALAND

By D. Teulon, P. Workman, K. L. Thomas, M. Nielsen. 2009

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The tomato potato psyllid (Bactericera cockerelli (Sulc)) probably invaded New Zealand in the summer of 2005-06. The first authenticated records from May to June 2006 indicated that it was widely distributed in the Auckland area with a further record from Taupo so that no attempt was made to eradicate it. By April 2009 records indicated that it had spread throughout much of New Zealand. Its spread within New Zealand is likely to be from a combination of natural and human mediated dispersal. The psyllid, and the liberibacter it transmits, will provide a serious challenge to the ongoing development of Integrated Pest Management in greenhouse crops (especially tomato and capsicum), outdoor tomatoes and potatoes. The economic impact of this insect and disease in the 4 years it has been in New Zealand has been in millions of dollars in terms of increased management costs, crop losses and loss of export markets.

Subfields: Insect Science, Plant Science

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• Insect Pests of Potato: Global Perspectives on Biology and Management (2015, background): “Following the discovery of potato psyllid on the North Island of New Zealand in 2006, and its rapid spread to most areas of both principal islands (Teulon et al. 2009), chemical control was the main response for severely affected greenhouse”
• Haplotypes of “Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum” suggest long-standing separation (2011, background): “With the relatively recent discovery of the tomato/potato psyllid in New Zealand (Teulon et al. 2009), this haplotype is not inconsistent with introduction of the bacterium, probably with the psyllid, from the western range of the psyllid in North and/or Central America.”
• The potato psyllid, Bactericera cockerelli (Sulc) (Hemiptera: Triozidae): life history, relationship to plant diseases, and management strategies. (2012, background): “In the early-2000s, B. cockerelli invaded New Zealand and has spread throughout this country (Gill, 2006; Davidson et al., 2008; Teulon et al., 2009).”
• Psyllids as Vectors of Emerging Bacterial Diseases of Annual Crops (2010, background): “The potato psyllid was accidentally introduced into New Zealand apparently in the early-2000s (Gill 2006) and is now causing extensive damage to potato, tomato, and pepper crops throughout the country (Teulon et al. 2009).”