Merfa, Marcus Vinícius


Publications
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Probing the Application of OmpA-Derived Peptides to Disrupt the Acquisition of ‘Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus’ by Diaphorina citri

Citation
Merfa e Silva et al. (2022). Phytopathology® 112 (1)
Names
Ca. Liberibacter americanus Ca. Liberibacter asiaticus
Abstract
Huanglongbing (HLB) is currently the most devastating disease of citrus worldwide. Both bacteria ‘Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus’ (CLas) and ‘Candidatus Liberibacter americanus’ (CLam) are associated with HLB in Brazil but with a strong prevalence of CLas over CLam. Conventionally, HLB management focuses on controlling the insect vector population (Diaphorina citri; also known as Asian citrus psyllid [ACP]) by spraying insecticides, an approach demonstrated to be mostly ineffective. Thus, de