Irey, Mike


Publications
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Susceptibility of Sixteen Citrus Genotypes to ‘Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus’

Citation
McCollum et al. (2016). Plant Disease 100 (6)
Names
Ca. Liberibacter asiaticus
Abstract
Huanglongbing (HLB) disease is the most serious threat to citrus production worldwide and, in the last decade, has devastated the Florida citrus industry. In the United States, HLB is associated with the phloem-limited α-proteobacterium ‘Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus’ and its insect vector, the Asian citrus psyllid (ACP; Diaphorina citri). Significant effort is being put forth to develop novel citrus germplasm that has a lower propensity to succumb to HLB than do currently available varieti