Plant Science


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Prophage Diversity of ‘CandidatusLiberibacter asiaticus’ Strains in California

Citation
Dai et al. (2019). Phytopathology® 109 (4)
Names
Ca. Liberibacter asiaticus
Abstract
Huanglongbing (HLB) is a highly destructive citrus disease and is associated with a nonculturable bacterium, ‘Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus’. ‘Ca. L. asiaticus’ in the United States was first found in Florida in 2005 and is now endemic there. In California, ‘Ca. L. asiaticus’ was first detected in Hacienda Heights in Los Angeles County in 2012 and has now been detected in multiple urban locations in southern California. Knowledge of ‘Ca. L. asiaticus’ strain diversity in California is import
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Identification of a New Haplotype of ‘Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum’ in Solanum tuberosum

Citation
Swisher Grimm, Garczynski (2019). Plant Disease 103 (3)
Names
“Liberibacter solanacearum”
Abstract
In 2017, potato tubers suspected of being infected with the bacterium ‘Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum’ were received from the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service in the United States. A total of 368 chipping tubers were observed for internal symptoms of zebra chip disease, which is associated with ‘Ca. L. solanacearum’ infection in the United States, Mexico, Central America, and New Zealand. A single tuber sliced at the stem end showed classic zebra chip symptoms of darkened medull
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