Episode 6 – 22 April 2017

Tomato-Potato Psyllid Research Update In 2009, a new-to-science bacterium was discovered and the relationship between it and the tomato-potato psyllid confirmed. The bacterium (Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum) causes a range of problems not only in potatoes and tomatoes, but tamarillos, capsicums and eggplants too. Research to date has been on trying to control the psyllid as […]