Disease Management

The snapshots on this page describe approaches to develop resistant trees or methods to protect established orchards against HLB.

Technology is available

Technology in progress

Role of salicylic acid in growing citrus under endemic HLB
Drs. Lukasz Stelinski (University of Florida), Mamoudou Sétamou (Texas A&M), and Freddy Ibanez (University of Florida). Posted 10/8/20.

Controlling psyllid gut cell death to prevent Huanglongbing
Dr. Michelle Heck, USDA-Boyce Thomson Institute. Updated 9/19/18.

Using peptides as a preventive approach to target the psyllid and the pathogen
Dr. Robert Shatters, USDA Horticultural Research Laboratory, Fort Pierce, FL. Updated 5/10/18.

Growing citrus under enclosures
Dr. Rhuanito Soranz Ferrarezi, University of Florida. Updated 4/30/18.

Using genome editing to develop HLB-resistant or -tolerant citrus
Drs. Wenbo Ma, Gitta Coaker, Nian Wang, Veronica Ancona and Georgios Vidalakis, University of California, Riverside. Updated 10/24/17.

Founder lines used to improve HLB tolerance
Dr. James Thomson, USDA-Agricultural Research Service, Albany, CA. Updated 7/19/17.

Disease resistance in citrus with addition of plant defense genes
Drs. Manjul Dutt and Jude Grosser, University of Florida. Updated 5/1/17.

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