Carvalho, Everton V.


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Insight into resistance to ‘Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus,’ associated with Huanglongbing, in Oceanian citrus genotypes

Citation
Alves et al. (2022). Frontiers in Plant Science 13
Names
Ca. Liberibacter asiaticus Liberibacter
Abstract
Huanglongbing (HLB), the most destructive citrus disease, is associated with unculturable, phloem-limited Candidatus Liberibacter species, mainly Ca. L. asiaticus (Las). Las is transmitted naturally by the insect Diaphorina citri. In a previous study, we determined that the Oceanian citrus relatives Eremocitrus glauca, Microcitrus warburgiana, Microcitrus papuana, and Microcitrus australis and three hybrids among them and Citrus were full-resistant to Las. After 2 years of evaluations, leaves of