Munyaneza, J. E., Sengoda, V. G., Buchman, J. L., and Fisher, T. W. 2012. Effects of temperature on ‘Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum’ and zebra chip potato disease symptom development. Plant Dis. 96:18-23. Temperature has been shown to have a significant effect on development of liberibacter species associated with citrus Huanglongbing disease. ‘Candidatus Liberibacter africanus’ and ‘Ca. ...

Studies of genetic diversity and genetic population structure are critical for the conservation and management of endangered species. The Chinese sucker Myxocyprinus asiaticus is a vulnerable monotypic species in China, which is at a risk of decline owing to fluctuations in effective population size and other demographic and environmental factors. We screened 11 microsatellite loci in 214 indiv...

Huanglongbing (HLB), also known as greening, is a destructive disease of citrus that may limit production of this crop in many parts of Asia, Africa and South America. HLB is caused by a non-culturable phloem-limited bacterium of the genus ‘ Candidatus Liberibacter’. Three Candidatus species of Liberibacter, namely, ‘ Ca . L. asiaticus’, ‘ Ca . L. africanus’ and ‘ Ca . L. americanus’, have been...