“In Florida, Prokelisia are present throughout the year feeding on the phloem and laying eggs into the adaxial surfaces of the leaves.”

“Potassium has the property of high phloem mobility and, as a result, of a high degree of reutilization by retranslocation via phloem.”

“Along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts of North America, both species feed exclusively on the phloem sap of cordgrass, Spartina alterniflora.”