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14 August 2018 Transmission Rates of ‘Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus’ to Greenhouse Seedlings by Laboratory Colonies of Asian Citrus Psyllid (Hemiptera: Liviidae)
David G. Hall, Kathryn M. Moulton
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Abstract

Asiatic huanglongbing (HLB), also known as citrus greening or yellow shoot disease, is a serious disease putatively caused by the bacterium ‘Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus’ Jagoueix et al. (Rhizobiales: Rhizobiaceae) (CLas) transmitted by the Asian citrus psyllid (Diaphorina citri Kuwayama (Hemiptera: Liviidae)). Plant resistance to CLas holds promise as a strategy for reducing the economic impact of HLB; thus, citrus breeders are developing new varieties and cultivars and evaluating these for resistance/tolerance to CLas. A high-throughput inoculation program was established to expedite testing of germplasm. Colonies of Asian citrus psyllid maintained on CLas-infected plants are used for the inoculations. The primary inoculation step is to cage a healthy citrus seedling with new leaf growth for a 2-wk inoculation feeding period by 20 adult Asian citrus psyllids (no regard to sex or age) from these colonies. The adults are removed after the inoculation period, and the plants are then treated with a pesticide to eliminate any adults missed or infestation of immatures. The objective here was to evaluate inoculation rates under this procedure. Ten sets of 20 healthy citrus seedlings were subjected to the procedure, one set a month, and the percentage of seedlings successfully inoculated based on testing by quantitative polymerase chain reaction were determined 6 mo after each 2-wk inoculation period. The results indicated a 77% mean transmission rate (percent infected seedlings), with rates ranging from 40 to 100%. Transmission rates were positively correlated with the percentage of Asian citrus psyllid that tested positive for CLas but not correlated with titers of CLas in these psyllids. Possible reasons for variability in transmission rates are discussed.

Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Entomological Society of America 2018. This work is written by (a) US Government employee(s) and is in the public domain in the US.
David G. Hall and Kathryn M. Moulton "Transmission Rates of ‘Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus’ to Greenhouse Seedlings by Laboratory Colonies of Asian Citrus Psyllid (Hemiptera: Liviidae)," Journal of Economic Entomology 111(6), 2546-2552, (14 August 2018). https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/toy240
Received: 10 April 2018; Accepted: 20 July 2018; Published: 14 August 2018
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KEYWORDS
citrus greening
Diaphorina citri
Huanglongbing
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