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Putting ‘X’ into Context: The Diversity of ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma pruni’ Strains Associated with the Induction of X-Disease

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Molnar et al. (2024). Plant Disease 108 (9)
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Ca. Phytoplasma pruni
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Recurrent epiphytotics of X-disease, caused by ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma pruni,’ have inflicted significant losses on commercial cherry and peach production across North America in the last century. During this period, there have been multiple studies reporting different disease phenotypes and, more recently, identifying different strains through sequencing core genes, but the symptoms have not, to date, been linked with genotype. Therefore, in this study we collected and assessed differing disea

Effector <scp>CLas0185</scp> targets methionine sulphoxide reductase <scp>B1</scp> of Citrus sinensis to promote multiplication of ‘Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus’ via enhancing enzymatic activity of ascorbate peroxidase 1

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Zhang et al. (2024). Molecular Plant Pathology 25 (9)
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Ca. Liberibacter asiaticus
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AbstractCitrus huanglongbing (HLB) has been causing enormous damage to the global citrus industry. As the main causal agent, ‘Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus’ (CLas) delivers a set of effectors to modulate host responses, while the modes of action adopted remain largely unclear. Here, we demonstrated that CLIBASIA_00185 (CLas0185) could attenuate reactive oxygen species (ROS)‐mediated cell death in Nicotiana benthamiana. Transgenic expression of CLas0185 in Citrus sinensis ‘Wanjincheng’ enhanc

A Transmission Assay of ‘Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus’ Using Citrus Phloem Sap and Topical Feeding to Its Insect Vector, Diaphorina citri

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Killiny, Jones (2024). Phytopathology® 114 (9)
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Ca. Liberibacter asiaticus
Abstract
‘ Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus’, the putative causal agent of citrus greening disease, is transmitted by the Asian citrus psyllid, Diaphorina citri, in a propagative, circulative, and persistent manner. Unfortunately, ‘ Ca. L. asiaticus’ is not yet available in pure culture to carry out Koch's postulates and to confirm its etiology. When a pure culture is available, an assay to test its infectivity in both the insect vector and the plant host will be crucial. Herein, we described a transmi