“Candidatus Liberibacter” species are associated with economically devastating diseases of
citrus, potato, and many other crops. The importance of these diseases as well as the …

Phytopathogenic bacteria cause severe economic losses in agricultural production
worldwide. The spread rates, severity, and emerging plant bacterial diseases have become …

Citrus huanglongbing (HLB) has become a major disease and limiting factor of production in
citrus areas that have become infected. The destruction to the affected citrus industries has …

Citrus huanglongbing (HLB) is one of the oldest citrus diseases and has been known for
over a century. HLB is caused by 'Candidatus Liberibacter'spp. that are phloem-limited …

Zebra chip (ZC), a new and economically important disease of potato (Solanum tuberosum
L.), has been documented to occur in commercial potato fields in the United States, Mexico …

Hemipteran insects are devastating pests of crops due to their wide host range, rapid
reproduction, and ability to transmit numerous plant-infecting pathogens as vectors. While …

Bacterial diseases are one of the most important biotic constraints of potato production,
especially in tropical and subtropical regions, and in some warm temperate regions of the …

The potato/tomato psyllid, Bactericera cockerelli (Sulc)(Hemiptera: Triozidae) has been a
major pest of solanaceous crops for decades. This pest can cause damage to crop plants by …

Citrus Huanglongbing (HLB), also known as citrus greening, is one of the most devastating
citrus diseases worldwide. Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus (C Las) is the most prevalent …

A major bottleneck in identifying therapies to control citrus greening and other devastating
plant diseases caused by fastidious pathogens is our inability to culture the pathogens in …