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.