any of a family (Psyllidae) of plant-eating, homopterous, jumping lice, often harmful to fruit trees
Word origin
ModL < Gr, flea < IE base *plou-, var. of *blou- > L pulex, flea
Examples of 'psylla' in a sentence
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There are no completely resistant genotypes to carrot psylla among accessions studied.
T. V. Khmelinskaya, V. I. Burenin, E. V. Pryanishnikova 2017, 'ECOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF CARROT TRAIT VARIATION', Ovoŝi Rossiihttps://www.vegetables.su/jour/article/view/345. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The carrot varieties total resistant to psylla were not found.
V. I. Burenin, T. V. Khmelinskaya, L. V. Ermolaeva 2015, 'COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENT OF GENE POOL OF CARROT', Ovoŝi Rossiihttps://www.vegetables.su/jour/article/view/191. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
We speculate that pear psylla are difficult to disrupt when pear orchards are under long-term codling moth disruption.
Kaushalya G. Amarasekare, Peter W. Shearer 2017, 'Stability of Cacopsylla pyricola (Hemiptera: Psyllidae) Populations in Pacific NorthwestPear Orchards Managed with Long-Term Mating Disruption for Cydia pomonella (Lepidoptera:Tortricidae)', Insectshttps://www.mdpi.com/2075-4450/8/4/105. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)