Accepted Article Grafting on resistant interstocks reduces scion susceptibility to pear psylla, Cacopsylla bidens 1 § Liora Shaltiel-Harpaz 1,2* , Yoram Gerchman 3 , Mwafaq Ibdah 4 , Rike Kedoshim 1 , Dor Rchemani 2 , Kamel Hatib 4 , Irit Bar-Ya'akov 4 , Victoria Soroker 5 , Doron Holland 4 1 Migal Galilee Research Institute, P.O. Box 831, Kiryat Shmona 11016, Israel., 2 Tel-Hai College, Upper Galilee 12210, Israel. 3 University of Haifa at Oranim, Tivon 3600600, Israel., 4 Newe Ya'ar Research Center, Agricultural Research Organization, P.O.B. 1021, Ramat Yishay 30095 Israel. , 5 Agricultural Research Organization, Volcani Center P.O.B. 6, Bet Dagan 50250, Israel *Corresponding author: Liora Shaltiel-Harpaz Telephone: +972- 507965272 Email: liora@migal.org.il E- mail addresses of all co-authors: Yoram Gerchman-gerchman@research.haifa.ac.il, Mwafaq Ibdah -mwafaq@volcani.agri.gov.il, Rike Kedoshim- m_kedoshim@bezeqint.net Dor Rachamany- dorachmany@gmail.com, Kamel Hatib 3 -Kamelkhateeb25@gmail.com Irit Bar-Ya'akov- iritby@volcani.agri.gov.il, Victoria Soroker- sorokerv@volcani.agri.gov.il, Doron Holland- vhhollan@volcani.agri.gov.il Running title: Acquired resistance to psylla following interstock grafting § 1 The first article in the series is Shaltiel-Harpaz, L., Holand D., Soroker V., Kedoshim,R., Hason R., Sokalsky T., Hatib C., Bar Ya’akovI. 2013. Two pear varieties evaluated for resistance to pear psylla (Cacopsylla bidens (Sulc)) in Israel. Pest Management Science 70 (2), 234-239 This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved. This article has been accepted for publication and undergone full peer review but has not been through the copyediting, typesetting, pagination and proofreading process, which may lead to differences between this version and the Version of Record. Please cite this article as doi: 10.1002/ps.4745