Sentences with phrase «of psyllid»

It's a bacterial disease that is primarily spread by two species of psyllid insects.

The reproductive cycle of the psyllid is closely tied to flush, according to the authors, and so is the rate at which the psyllids infect citrus with the bacterium.

Not exact matches

California Citrus Mutual is praising the addition of $ 2.5 million to the state's budget to battle Asian citrus psyllids and the huanglongbing disease they can spread.

It's the Asian citrus psyllid — smaller than a grain of rice, but big enough to possibly destroy Florida's citrus industry.

«Answering why is one of our next steps because it may give us a way to control the psyllid's ability to spread the bacteria.»

«We now have a foothold in our understanding of a molecular difference between nymph and adult psyllids in their guts, which CLas exploits to gain entry into the insect vector,» said Heck, who is lead investigator for the project.

This discovery of smell sans glomeruli echoes a recent one in carrot psyllid bugs, and together, they may open a new view into how olfactory structures are organized, says Joshua Martin, a biologist at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, who was not involved with the research.

The bacteria that causes HLB is carried by the Asian citrus psyllid, a tiny insect that feeds on leaves and stems of infected citrus trees, then carries the bacteria to healthy trees.

But before they can figure out a way to disrupt the insect's transmission of the bacterium, they need a starting point, namely, a list of potential genes to target on the psyllid genome.

They are gearing up to publish their first «release» of the official gene set as a collaborative paper, which will be a vital resource in finding a way to stop the psyllid from spreading the citrus greening pathogen.

Each week, a group of students, postdocs and volunteer expert annotators from the insect research community gather on a video conference to review their progress in identifying and assigning a function to genes found in the psyllid genome.

Scientists nationwide and around the globe are working together to make sense of the genome of the Asian citrus psyllid — an insect that is spreading a bacterium that is devastating citrus crops — and they aren't letting geography get in their way.

They will annotate immunity - related genes first, with the ultimate goal of controlling the psyllid by weakening its immune system.

Associated with a bacteria that is spread by the Asian citrus psyllid, the infection results in blotchy mottling of leaves, stunting of shoots, gradual death of branches, and small, deformed fruits with bitter juice.