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Application of molecular techniques to characterize the vector relationship between striped cucumber beetle and bacterial wilt of cucurbits

Robert F. Mitchell, rmitche3@illinois.edu, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Department of Entomology, 320 Morrill Hall, 505 South Goodwin Ave, Urbana, IL and Lawrence M. Hanks, hanks@uiuc.edu, University of Illinois - Urbana/Champaign, Department of Entomology, 320 Morrill Hall, 505 South Goodwin Ave, Urbana, IL.



Species 1: Enterobacteriales Enterobacteriaceae Erwinia tracheiphila (bacterial wilt of cucurbits)
Species 2: Coleoptera Chrysomelidae Acalymma vittatum (striped cucumber beetle)

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