Analysis of Citrus Tristeza Virus Incidences within Asian Citrus Psyllid (Diaphorina citri) Populations in Florida via High-Throughput Sequencing.

ABSTRACT: The destructive citrus disease, Huanglongbing (HLB) or citrus greening, continues to devastate Florida's citrus industry. A hemipteran insect, the Asian citrus psyllid (ACP), disperses Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus, one of the putative bacterial pathogens of HLB. This study builds upon ongoing research utilizing high-throughput sequencing to analyze the virome of ACP populations collected from citrus groves throughout Florida. Following the widespread detection of sequences aligning to the genome of citrus tristeza virus (CTV) across consecutive years in the Florida ACP virome, we continued to detect a pervasive amount of CTV in Florida ACPs during subsequent years. Simultaneously, we also detected mixed infections of CTV strains in pooled ACPs from different Florida regions. Predating

SUBMITTER: Britt K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8954720 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature