Complex interactions between herbivorous insect vectors and plant pathogens underpin many emerging agricultural diseases. Vectors such as spittlebugs and leafhoppers acquire pathogens while feeding on ...

Definition: A pathogen is a biological agent – such as a bacterium, virus, fungus, parasite or prion – that can cause disease in a host organism. In simple terms: a pathogen is an infectious microbe ...

Diseases caused by pathogens are called communicable diseases. This means the disease can be transferred from an infected organism to another organism. There are other types of disease which cannot be ...