Non-destructive insect metabarcoding for surveillance and biosecurity in citrus orchards: recording the good, the bad and the psyllids.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Australian citrus industry remains one of the few in the world to be unaffected by the African and the Asian citrus psyllids, Trioza erytreae Del Guercio and Diaphorina citri Kuwayama, respectively, and the diseases their vectored bacteria can cause. Surveillance, early detection, and strict quarantine measures are therefore fundamental to safeguard Australian citrus. However, long-term targeted surveillance for exotic citrus pests can be a time-consuming and expensive activity, often relying on manually screening large numbers of trap samples and morphological identification of specimens, which requires a high level of taxonomic knowledge.

Methods

Here we evaluated the use of non-destructive insect metabarcoding for exotic pest surveillance in c

SUBMITTER: Martoni F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10437040 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature