Co-Authors:
Olivier, C., Saskatoon Research Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 107 Science Place, Saskatoon, SK, Canada
Vincent, C., Horticultural Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 430 Gouin Blvd., Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, QC, Canada
Saguez, J., Division de Ag-Cord. Inc., Co-Lab RandD, 655 Delorme, Granby, QC, Canada
Galka, B., Saskatoon Research Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 107 Science Place, Saskatoon, SK, Canada
Weintraub, P.G., Agricultural Research Organization, Gilat Research Center, D.N. Negev, Israel
Maixner, M., Institute for Plant Protection in Fruit Crops and Viticulture, Julius Küln-Institut (JKI), Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants, Brüningstr. 84, Bernkastel-Kues, Germany
Abstract:
Auchenorrhyncha is the hemipteran suborder that includes cicadas, leafhoppers, froghoppers or spittlebugs, planthoppers and treehoppers. Leafhoppers (Cicadellidae) are cosmopolitan and one of the largest insect families with approximately 22,000 described species (Forero 2008). Planthoppers (infra-order Fulgoromorpha) are mainly tropical with approximately 20 described families (Urban and Cryan 2007). Leafhoppers and planthoppers have piercing-sucking mouthparts that cause direct damage to plants by feeding in mesophyll cells or on xylem and/or phloem sap, and indirect damage by transmitting pathogens. Because pathogens are not easily managed in plants, the most common control methods rely on the use of insecticides to manage insect populations. This chapter will provide an overview of the life cycles, feeding behavior and vector abilities of leafhoppers and planthoppers causing damage in vineyards. Present and future management methods will be presented in a viticultural context. © 2012 Springer Science+Business Media B.V. All rights reserved.