Plant diseases caused by phytopathogens are responsible for significant crop losses
worldwide. Resistance induction and biological control have been exploited in agriculture …

Systemic bacteria such as Xylella fastidiosa can be vertically transmitted by using diseased
propagative material during nursery tree production. We tested the hypothesis that X …

As in several fruit crops, citrus trees with decreased size allow for a higher planting density,
which may lead to higher productivity and facilitate operations such as harvesting and …

Despite the importance of viral strains/variants as agents of emerging diseases, genetic and
evolutionary processes affecting their ecology are not fully understood. To get insight into …

Citrus leprosis (CL) is the main viral disease affecting the Brazilian citriculture. Sweet orange
(Citrus sinensis L. Osbeck) trees affected by CL were identified in small orchards in …

The low diversification of rootstock genotypes in orchards limits the expansion of the citrus
industry, restricting increases in productivity and cost-saving via phytosanitary treatments …

Huanglongbing (HLB), the most important citrus disease worldwide, is associated with
bacteria transmitted by the Asian citrus psyllid (ACP) preferably through new shoots present …

The rise in the productivity of sweet orange in Brazil has been related to the use of superior
rootstocks and higher tree density, among other factors. In order to investigate whether the …

Rootstocks modulate several characteristics of citrus trees, including vegetative growth, fruit
yield and quality, and resistance or tolerance to pests, diseases, soil drought, and salinity …

A protocol to successfully transmit the huanglongbing (HLB) pathogen,'Candidatus
Liberibacter asiaticus', between citrus plants by using the Asian citrus psyllid (ACP) and an …