Researchers participate in a video conference to discuss their progress in annotating the Asian citrus psyllid genome. (btiscience.org)
Their theory is supported by their discovery that the levels of CLas in psyllid nymphs are strongly correlated with the levels of W. pipientis, meaning that the nymphs that let more Wolbachia in have also let in more CLas. (sciencedaily.com)
Since 2005, the bacterium Candidatus liberibacter, spread by Asian psyllid bugs, has ravaged orange and grapefruit trees in Texas, California and Florida, producing splotchy leaves and misshapen fruit. (discovermagazine.com)