“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 …

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 …

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 …

Abstract Candidatus Liberibacter species are Gram‐negative bacteria that live as phloem‐
limited obligate parasites in plants, and are associated with several plant diseases. These …

Abstract The bacterium Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus (Las) has been strongly
associated with huanglongbing, or citrus greening, which is one of the most devastating …

The psyllid Trioza apicalis Förster (Hemiptera: Triozidae) is a serious pest of carrots, Daucus
carota L., in Europe. Carrots exhibiting symptoms of psyllid damage were observed in …

India is among the biggest tea exporter in the world. However, tea leaf diseases caused by
persistent pathogen exposure result in considerable crop yield losses around the world …

Zebra Chip (ZC) is an emerging plant disease that causes aboveground decline of potato
shoots and generally results in unusable tubers. This disease has led to multi-million dollar …

Three haplotypes of the recently discovered bacterium species “Candidatus Liberibacter
solanacearum” are described and related to geographic ranges. The first two are associated …