'Candidatus Liberibacter Solanacearum' Is Unlikely to Be Transmitted Spontaneously from Infected Carrot Plants to Citrus Plants by Trioza Erytreae.

ABSTRACT: Bacteria belonging to 'Candidatus Liberibacter spp.' are associated with various severe diseases in the five continents. The African citrus psyllid Trioza erytreae (Hemiptera: Triozidae) is an efficient vector of citrus huanglongbing-HLB disease, absent in the Mediterranean basin. This psyllid is currently present in the islands and mainland Portugal and Spain, where the prevalence of 'Ca. Liberibacter solanacearum' (CaLsol) associated to a carrot disease is high. Trioza erytreae normally feeds on citrus plants but has also been observed on other crops. It would be a great concern to the Mediterranean citrus industry if T. erytreae could transmit this bacterium from carrots to citrus and cause disease; therefore, the transmission of CaLsol from carrot plants to citrus plants was experiment

SUBMITTER: Quintana-Gonzalez de Chaves M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7469162 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature