Mass spectrometry imaging as a potential technique for diagnostic of Huanglongbing disease using fast and simple sample preparation.

ABSTRACT: Huanglongbing (HLB) is a disease of worldwide incidence that affects orange trees, among other commercial varieties, implicating in great losses to the citrus industry. The disease is transmitted through Diaphorina citri vector, which inoculates Candidatus Liberibacter spp. in the plant sap. HLB disease lead to blotchy mottle and fruit deformation, among other characteristic symptoms, which induce fruit drop and affect negatively the juice quality. Nowadays, the disease is controlled by eradication of sick, symptomatic plants, coupled with psyllid control. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) is the technique most used to diagnose the disease; however, this methodology involves high cost and extensive sample preparation. Mass spectrometry imaging (MSI) technique is a fast and easily handled sam

SUBMITTER: de Moraes Pontes JG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7417563 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature