UCR graduate student discovers, names bacterium linked to psyllid yellows

Tuesday, August 12, 2008 - 17:42 in Paleontology & Archaeology

A yellowing infected potato plant. The white sugary-looking substance is psyllid excreta. The clear whitish substance is psyllid exoskeleton. To make a discovery and get to name it is just about every scientist's dream. For one graduate student at UC Riverside that dream already has come true.

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