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Distribution of ‘Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus’ Above and Below Ground in Texas Citrus

Citation
Louzada et al. (2016). Phytopathology® 106 (7)
Names
Ca. Liberibacter asiaticus
Abstract
Detection of ‘Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus’ represents one of the most difficult, yet critical, steps of controlling Huanglongbing disease. Efficient detection relies on understanding the underlying distribution of bacteria within trees. To that end, we studied the distribution of ‘Ca. L. asiaticus’ in leaves of ‘Rio Red’ grapefruit trees and in roots of ‘Valencia’ sweet orange trees grafted onto sour orange rootstock. We performed two sets of leaf collection on grapefruit trees; the first