Plant pathogenic microorganisms cause substantial yield losses in several economically
important crops, resulting in economic and social adversity. The spread of such plant …

The development of next generation sequencing (NGS) techniques has enabled
researchers to study and understand the world of microorganisms from broader and deeper …

Many plant bacteriologists, if not all, feel that their particular microbe should appear in any
list of the most important bacterial plant pathogens. However, to our knowledge, no such list …

“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 …

The Asian citrus psyllid (ACP), D iaphorina citri K uwayama (H emiptera: P syllidae), is an
important pest of citrus because it transmits phloem‐limited bacteria [C andidatus L …

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 …

Huanglongbing (HLB) is the most destructive citrus pathosystem worldwide. Previously
known primarily from Asia and Africa, it was introduced into the Western Hemisphere in …

Genomes are an integral component of the biological information about an organism; thus,
the more complete the genome, the more informative it is. Historically, bacterial and …

Next-generation high throughput sequencing technologies became available at the onset of
the 21st century. They provide a highly efficient, rapid, and low cost DNA sequencing …