Lessons learned about the biology and genomics of Diaphorina citri infection with "Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus" by integrating new and archived organ-specific transcriptome data.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Huanglongbing, a devastating disease of citrus, is caused by the obligate, intracellular bacterium "Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus" (CLas). CLas is transmitted by Diaphorina citri, the Asian citrus psyllid. Development of transmission-blocking strategies to manage huanglongbing relies on knowledge of CLas and D. citri interactions at the molecular level. Prior transcriptome analyses of D. citri point to changes in psyllid biology due to CLas infection but have been hampered by incomplete versions of the D. citri genome, proper host plant controls, and/or a lack of a uniform data analysis approach. In this work, we present lessons learned from a quantitative transcriptome analysis of excised heads, salivary glands, midguts, and bacteriomes from CLas-positive and CLas-n

SUBMITTER: Mann M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9049105 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature