Elaine A Backus

7PUBLICATIONS
9CO-AUTHORS
Plant pathologyGenetically modified horticulture plantsCommunity ecology (excl. invasive species ecology)Biosecurity science and invasive species ecologyHorticultural crop improvement (incl. selection and breeding)
Featured researcher

Get your video featured.

JoVEPublish with JoVE
Journal

Publications (7)

|Jul 31, 2025
Reply to Almeida, "Unreliable evidence to support a vector regulation hypothesis for Xylella fastidiosa-leafhopper interactions".

Elaine A Backus, Holly J Shugart

|Jun 27, 2025
Comparison of electropenetrography waveform libraries for Nipaecoccus viridis (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) using different tethering materials and monitor settings.

Emilie P Demard, Elaine A Backus, Lauren M Diepenbrock

|Nov 04, 2024
The vector regulation hypothesis: dynamic competition between pathogen and vector behaviors constrains Xylella fastidiosa biofilm development in sharpshooter foreguts.

Elaine A Backus, Holly J Shugart

|Mar 29, 2023
Xylella fastidiosa inoculation behaviors (EPG X wave) are performed differently by blue-green sharpshooters based on infection status of prior probing host.

Jariya Roddee, Elaine A Backus, Felix A Cervantes

|Sep 08, 2021
Field-Collected Glassy-Winged Sharpshooters (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) Perform More Xylella fastidiosa-Inoculating Behaviors on Susceptible Vitis vinifera cv. 'Chardonnay' Than on Resistant Vitis champinii Grapevines.

Elaine A Backus, Holly J Shugart, Jose Gutierrez

|Apr 06, 2021
Alteration in the Stylet Probing Behavior and Host Preference of the Vector Matsumuratettix hiroglyphicus (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) After Infection with Sugarcane White Leaf Phytoplasma.

Jariya Roddee, Elaine A Backus, Juremart Wangkeeree

Pageof 2

Frequent Collaborators

2 joint publications

Jariya Roddee

1 joint publications

Raul Narciso C Guedes

1 joint publications

Kathryn E Reif

1 joint publications

Timothy A Ebert