Report: Breakthrough on devastating citrus disease unlikely
Florida's citrus industry got some dire news Tuesday from an organization that advises the federal government on science and technical matters.
Florida's citrus industry got some dire news Tuesday from an organization that advises the federal government on science and technical matters.
Ecology
Apr 10, 2018
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New clues to how the bacteria associated with citrus greening infect the only insect that carries them could lead to a way to block the microbes' spread from tree to tree, according to a study in Infection and Immunity by ...
Ecology
Mar 26, 2018
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The Asian citrus psyllid Diaphorina citri is only 2 mm long, yet it strikes terror into the hearts of citrus growers in Brazil, China and the United States. This is because it acts as a vector for the bacteria that causes ...
Ecology
Feb 8, 2018
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The potato industry may be losing a mainstay in the battle against psyllids, according to a recent Texas A&M AgriLife Research study.
Ecology
Mar 28, 2017
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The bacterium that causes citrus greening disease is not only decimating citrus orchards, but wreaks havoc in the guts of the insect that transmits it.
Ecology
Oct 5, 2016
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Control and monitoring of disease-vector insects are critical to global health, as insect vectors spread pathogens among humans, animals and agricultural products, creating worldwide strain on health care and food resources. ...
Optics & Photonics
May 24, 2016
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After a decade of battling the highly destructive citrus greening bacterium, researchers with the University of Florida's Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences have developed genetically modified citrus trees that show ...
Ecology
Nov 23, 2015
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New research from the Boyce Thompson Institute (BTI), the USDA Agricultural Research Service and the University of Washington finds that helpful bacteria living inside the insect that transmits the bacterial pathogen associated ...
Ecology
Nov 19, 2015
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When a male Asian Citrus Psyllid is looking for a mate, he situates himself on a twig, buzzes his wings to send vibrations along adjacent leaves and branches, and listens for a female's response call. If the call comes, he ...
Ecology
Nov 3, 2015
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They look like grains of black sand inside a prescription vial. But each speck is a wasp that is lethal to the offspring of the Asian citrus psyllid, an aphid-size bug that spreads the bacteria that cause Huanglongbing, or ...
Ecology
Aug 23, 2015
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