Development on Citrus medica infected with 'Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus' has sex-specific and -nonspecific impacts on adult Diaphorina citri and its endosymbionts.

Huanglongbing (HLB) is a deadly, incurable citrus disease putatively caused by the unculturable bacterium, 'Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus' (CLas), and transmitted by Diaphorina citri. Prior studies suggest D. citri transmits CLas in a circulative and propagative manner; however, the pr...

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Main Authors: Laurynne C Coates, Jaclyn Mahoney, John S Ramsey, EricaRose Warwick, Richard Johnson, Michael J MacCoss, Stuart B Krasnoff, Kevin J Howe, Kathy Moulton, Surya Saha, Lukas A Mueller, David G Hall, Robert G Shatters, Michelle L Heck, Carolyn M Slupsky
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0239771