DURHAM, N.H. (AP) — New Hampshire farmers are getting some help identifying the most destructive types of leafhoppers, one of the largest families of plant-feeding insects.
Researchers at the University of New Hampshire’s New Hampshire Agricultural Experiment Station have catalogued nearly 600 species of leafhoppers in just Merrimack County, Hillsborough County and the Seacoast area. Of those, only about 40 were economically significant because they either carried diseases or fed heavily on plants.
The researchers specifically looked at which leafhoppers carry diseases that can damage vegetables, cut flowers and fruit crops.
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