Plant immune mechanisms: from reductionistic to holistic points of view

J Zhang, G Coaker, JM Zhou, X Dong - Molecular plant, 2020 - cell.com
After three decades of the amazing progress made on molecular studies of plant–microbe
interactions (MPMI), we have begun to ask ourselves" what are the major questions still …

Bacterial vector-borne plant diseases: unanswered questions and future directions

W Huang, P Reyes-Caldas, M Mann, S Seifbarghi… - Molecular plant, 2020 - cell.com
Vector-borne plant diseases have significant ecological and economic impacts, affecting
farm profitability and forest composition throughout the world. Bacterial vector-borne …

Plant hairy roots enable high throughput identification of antimicrobials against Candidatus Liberibacter spp.

S Irigoyen, M Ramasamy, S Pant, P Niraula… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
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 …

How stress affects your budget—Stress impacts on starch metabolism

C Ribeiro, M Stitt, CT Hotta - Frontiers in plant science, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Starch is a polysaccharide that is stored to be used in different timescales. Transitory starch
is used during nighttime when photosynthesis is unavailable. Long-term starch is stored to …

The phloem as an arena for plant pathogens

JD Lewis, M Knoblauch… - Annual Review of …, 2022 - annualreviews.org
Although the phloem is a highly specialized tissue, certain pathogens, including
phytoplasmas, spiroplasmas, and viruses, have evolved to access and live in this …

Early diagnosis and mechanistic understanding of citrus Huanglongbing via sun-induced chlorophyll fluorescence

S Chen, L Zhai, J Xie, Y Shao, W Wang, H Li… - … and Electronics in …, 2023 - Elsevier
Citrus Huanglongbing (HLB) is a serious disease that is devastating the citrus industry
worldwide. The infection of HLB causes a significant impact on the photosynthesis and …

Seasonal transcriptome profiling of susceptible and tolerant citrus cultivars to citrus Huanglongbing

C Ribeiro, J Xu, C Hendrich, SS Pandey… - …, 2023 - Am Phytopath Society
Citrus huanglongbing (HLB) caused by 'Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus'(CLas) is the most
devastating citrus disease worldwide. Most commercial citrus cultivars are susceptible to …

Phloem transport limitation in Huanglongbing-affected sweet orange is dependent on phloem-limited bacteria and callose

S Welker, M Pierre, JP Santiago, M Dutt… - Tree …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Huanglongbing (HLB), caused by CandidatusLiberibacter asiaticus'(CLas), is a phloem-
limited disease that disrupts citrus production in affected areas. In HLB-affected plants …

Candidatus Liberibacter: From Movement, Host Responses, to Symptom Development of Citrus Huanglongbing

SS Pandey, C Hendrich, MO Andrade… - Phytopathology …, 2022 - Am Phytopath Society
Candidatus Liberibacter spp. are fastidious α-proteobacteria that cause multiple diseases on
plant hosts of economic importance, including the most devastating citrus disease …

Spatiotemporal Dynamics of 'Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus' Colonization Inside Citrus Plant and Huanglongbing Disease Development

SS Pandey… - …, 2021 - Am Phytopath Society
'Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus'(CLas), the causal agent of citrus huanglongbing (HLB),
colonizes inside the phloem and is naturally transmitted by the Asian citrus psyllid (ACP) …