“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 …

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 …

Plant diseases are the primary issue that reduces agricultural yield and production, causing
significant economic losses and instability in the food supply. In plants, citrus is a fruit crop of …

Background Roots are the primary site for plant-microbe interactions. Among the three root-
associated layers (ie, rhizosphere, rhizoplane, and endorhiza), the rhizoplane is a key …

Summary Recently, CRISPR‐Cas12a (Cpf1) from Prevotella and Francisella was
engineered to modify plant genomes. In this report, we employed CRISPR‐LbCas12a …

The citrus industry is facing an unprecedented challenge from Huanglongbing (HLB). All
cultivars can be affected by the HLB-associated bacterium 'Candidatus Liberibacter …

Woody perennial plants, including trees that produce fruits and nuts of horticultural value,
typically have long breeding cycles, and development and introduction of improved cultivars …

Commercial sweet orange cultivars lack resistance to Huanglongbing (HLB), a serious
phloem limited bacterial disease that is usually fatal. In order to develop sustained disease …

Although the phloem is a highly specialized tissue, certain pathogens, including
phytoplasmas, spiroplasmas, and viruses, have evolved to access and live in this …

Phytophthora nicotianae was first isolated from tobacco at the end of the 19th century. This
organism is now considered as one of the most devastating oomycete plant pathogens, with …