Berg-Falloure, Katherine M.


Publications
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Evaluation of the Effect of ‘Candidatus Liberibacter Solanacearum’ Haplotypes in Tobacco Infection

Citation
Levy et al. (2023). Agronomy 13 (2)
Names
Liberibacter “Liberibacter solanacearum”
Abstract
‘Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum’ (Lso) is a phloem-limited bacterial plant pathogen infecting solanaceous plants in the Americas and New Zealand and is associated with diseases of apiaceous crops in Europe, Northern Africa, and the Middle East. This pathogen is also related to other Liberibacter species that infect other crops. In the USA, two haplotypes of Lso, LsoA and LsoB, are predominant and responsible for diseases in potato and tomato. Tobacco, Nicotiana tabacum, a model species to