Author：Hsien-Tzung Shih ^1,7, Yu-Der Wen ², Chun-Chen Fanjian ¹, Chung-Jan Chang ^3,4, Che-Ming Chang ⁵, Chi-Yang Lee ¹, Ming-Hui Yao ⁶, Shu-Chen Chang ¹, Fuh-Jyh Jan ³, Chiou-Chu Su ^5,8

¹ Applied Zoology Division, Taiwan Agricultural Research Institute, Council of Agriculture, Executive Yuan, Taichung, Taiwan, ROC
² Department of Biology, National Changhua University of Education, Changhua, Taiwan, ROC
³ Department of Plant Pathology, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan, ROC
⁴ Department of Plant Pathology, University of Georgia, Griffin, GA, USA
⁵ Pesticide Application Division, Taiwan Agricultural Chemicals and Toxic Substances Research Institute, Council of Agriculture, Executive Yuan, Taichung, Taiwan, ROC
⁶ Agricultural Engineering Division, Taiwan Agricultural Research Institute, Council of Agriculture, Executive Yuan, Taichung, Taiwan, ROC
⁷ Corresponding author (insect pest), e-mail: htshih@tari.gov.tw
⁸ Corresponding author (disease), e-mail: auba@tactri.gov.tw

Abstrct：

    Since Pierce’s disease (PD) of grape was reported in Taiwan in 2002, Kolla paulula has been a common leafhopper found at PD infected areas. The study showed that K. paulula is a potential insect vector for both PD and pear leaf scorch. In order to establish the integrated management techniques for the environment of vineyards in Taiwan, the authors describe how to apply the data on the integrated management of the potential insect vector. Data represent the study results including life history of K. paulula, population dynamics, habitats and host ranges conducted from 2009 to 2012. In addition, this article also describes the effects of temperature and rainfall on the changes of the population of K. paulula.

Keywords: Taiwan, Pierce's disease, potential insect vector, Kolla paulula, host plant, population dynamics, integrated management.

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