Ramadugu, C.


Publications
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First Report of the Citrus Huanglongbing Associated Bacterium ‘Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus’ from Sweet Orange, Mexican Lime, and Asian Citrus Psyllid in Belize

Citation
Manjunath et al. (2010). Plant Disease 94 (6)
Names
Ca. Liberibacter asiaticus
Abstract
The citrus industries of North and South America are endangered by Huanglongbing (HLB), also known as citrus greening, a devastating disease associated with ‘Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus’ and ‘Ca. L. americanus’, two species of fastidious phloem-limited bacteria spread by the Asian citrus psyllid (ACP), Diaphorina citri, Kuwayama. The first reports of HLB from the Americas were from Brazil in 2004 followed by Florida in 2005 (3). The ACP was found in Belize in 2005 (S. Williams, personal c

Detection of ‘Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus’ in Diaphorina citri and Its Importance in the Management of Citrus Huanglongbing in Florida

Citation
Manjunath et al. (2008). Phytopathology® 98 (4)
Names
Ca. Liberibacter asiaticus
Abstract
Citrus huanglongbing (HLB or citrus greening), is a highly destructive disease that has been spreading in both Florida and Brazil. Its psyllid vector, Diaphorina citri Kuwayama, has spread to Texas and Mexico, thus threatening the future of citrus production elsewhere in mainland North America. Even though sensitive diagnostic methods have been developed for detection of the causal organisms, Candidatus Liberibacter spp., the pathogen cannot be detected consistently in plants until symptoms dev