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- Using citrus tristeza virus to provide citrus with anti-microbial or insecticidal protection
- HLB control: capitalizing on resistance in Poncirus trifoliata to Asian citrus psyllid
- Disease resistance in citrus with addition of plant defense genes
- Using genome editing to develop HLB-resistant or -tolerant citrus
- Founder lines used to improve HLB tolerance
- Automated delivery system for therapeutic materials to treat HLB-infected citrus
- Role of salicylic acid in growing citrus under endemic HLB
- Controlling psyllid gut cell death to prevent Huanglongbing
- Progress toward HLB-tolerant citrus from conventional plant breeding
- Psyllid Management
- Psyllid
- Using insect viruses to combat the Asian citrus psyllid
- Altering the Asian citrus psyllid’s beneficial bacteria to stop HLB spread
- Attractants and traps for ACP management
- Using peptides as a preventive approach to target the psyllid and the pathogen
- Area-wide management of ACP to limit the spread of HLB in California
- A new, Bt toxin-based strategy for suppression of the Asian citrus psyllid vector of HLB
- Growing citrus under enclosures
- Controlling psyllid gut cell death to prevent Huanglongbing
- Biological control of Asian citrus psyllid in California
- Using interference RNA to manage Asian citrus psyllids
- Reducing Asian citrus psyllid Infestation and disease incidence with reflective mulches
- Using particle films to manage ACP
- Artificial border fencing and live windbreaks for ACP management
- Two-Pronged Approach to Suppress the Asian Citrus Psyllid Vector of HLB
- Tools
- Studying Liberibacter crescens to learn more about the causal agent of huanglongbing
- Novel tools for antimicrobial testing and discovery of new HLB therapies
- Hairy root matrix used to culture CLas to rapidly screen antimicrobials for improved HLB management
- What makes lemons, oranges and limes look and taste different?
- Living with HLB - Area-wide integrated management system for ACP in Texas
- General Topics
- Early Detection Techniques (EDT)
- The ‘nose’ knows: Using citrus odor for early detection of HLB
- Changes in microbial communities on citrus leaves can help detect HLB
- Changes in microbial communities on citrus leaves can help detect HLB
- Using antibodies for early detection of HLB infection
- Starch accumulation sensor for early detection of HLB
- Metabolite changes in the tree can help us detect Huanglongbing
- Canines can detect trees infected with the bacterium that causes huanglongbing
- Ongoing NIFA Projects
- Development of antimicrobial peptides from citrus to kill the CLas bacterium causing HLB
- Developing novel biological delivery methods for therapeutic agents and other biomolecules to enhance production of citrus
- SP HLB-resistant rootstock candidates for the citrus industry: validating and understanding disease resistance
- CAP: Combining Individual Protective Covers (IPCs) and brassinosteroids to prolong health and improve fruit yield and quality in newly planted trees under HLB
- Method for generating optimal attractive scents for Asian Citrus Psyllid (ACP) biocontrol
- SP: Virus-induced gene silencing (VIGS) using insect-specific viruses to manipulate psyllids as a strategy to help control citrus greening/HLB
- Phloem-restricted, independently mobile RNA gene silencing system for mitigating Citrus Greening (HLB) by targeting Liberibacter asiaticus and citrus gene expression
- Developing tolerance to Huanglongbing disease in citrus by using gene editing
- Development, evaluation and delivery of citrus HLB management approaches by targeting its nature as a pathogen-triggered immune disease
- Accelerating implementation of HLB-tolerant hybrids as new commercial cultivars for fresh and processed citrus
- Development of antimicrobial peptides from citrus to kill the CLas bacterium causing HLB
- CAP: Combining cultural and genetic approaches for grove success to unravel and enhance resistance/tolerance to Huanglongbing
- Endophytes as sources of antimicrobials to control Huanglongbing (HLB)
- Developing tolerance to Huanglongbing disease in citrus by using gene editing
- A collaborative approach between academics, growers and agrochemical industry to discover, develop and commercialize therapies for citrus Huanlgongbing (HLB)
- Advanced testing and commercialization of novel defensin peptides and therapies for HLB control
- Use performance of 300 hybrids in established trials to map Huanglongbing tolerance/resistance genes and release superior new rootstocks
- A bench to field pipeline for controlling citrus greening disease: A USDA NIFA Project
- Disease Management