Niedz, Randall


Publications
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A Perspective on Current Therapeutic Molecule Screening Methods Against ‘Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus’, the Presumed Causative Agent of Citrus Huanglongbing

Citation
Kennedy et al. (2023). Phytopathology® 113 (7)
Names
Ca. Liberibacter asiaticus
Abstract
Huanglongbing (HLB), referred to as citrus greening disease, is a bacterial disease impacting citrus production worldwide and is fatal to young trees and mature trees of certain varieties. In some areas, the disease is devastating the citrus industry. A successful solution to HLB will be measured in economics: citrus growers need treatments that improve tree health, fruit production, and most importantly, economic yield. The profitability of citrus groves is the ultimate metric that truly matte

Plant-derived, nodule-specific cysteine rich peptides inhibit growth and psyllid acquisition of ‘CandidatusLiberibacter asiaticus’, the citrus Huanglongbing bacterium

Citation
Higgins et al. (2023).
Names
Abstract
AbstractThe Asian citrus psyllid,Diaphorina citri, is a vector of ‘CandidatusLiberibacter asiaticus’ (CLas), a gram-negative, obligate biotroph whose infection inCitrusspecies is associated with citrus greening disease, or Huanglongbing (HLB). Strategies to blockCLas transmission byD. citriremain the best way to prevent the spread of the disease into new citrus growing regions. However, identifying control strategies to block HLB transmission poses significant challenges, such as the discovery a