First report of ‘Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus’ in Diaphorina communis

Australasian Plant Disease Notes

G. A. Chambers⁴  G. A. C. Beattie³  N. J. Donovan⁴  Thinlay⁵  S. Hardy¹  A. Englezou⁴  Dorjee²  Phuntsho Wangdi²  Namgay Om⁵  P. Holford³ 

[1] Gosford Primary Industries Institute$$;Horticulture Division$$;University of Western Sydney$$;Elizabeth Macarthur Agricultural Institute$$;National Plant Protection Centre$$

关键词: Black psyllid;   

DOI  :  10.1007/s13314-011-0031-9

学科分类：农业科学（综合）

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

Huanglongbing (HLB) or citrus greening is one of the most destructive diseases of citrus in the world and one of the major factors limiting citrus production in south east Asia including Bhutan. The presence of ‘Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus’, associated with the Asiatic form of HLB, was confirmed by conventional and real-time PCR in adults of the black psyllid, Diaphorina communis Mathur. This is the first formal detection of ‘Ca. L. asiaticus’ in D. communis, and the first detection of the pathogen in a psyllid other than D. citri Kuwayama in Asia, excluding Arabia. This study is also the first to report the presence of D. communis in Bhutan.

【 授权许可】

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