EPPO Global Database

'Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus'(LIBEAS)

Vectors

Important note on vectors:
Information on vectors and their associated pathogens is a new feature of the database (April 2023). Data will gradually be entered by the EPPO Secretariat and will focus on regulated (quarantine) pests.
Organism Type
Diaphorina citri (DIAACI) Known vector
* Ajene IJ, Khami FM, van Asch B, Pietersen G, Seid N, Rwomushana I, Ombura FLO, Momanyi G, Finyange P, Rasowo BA, Tanga CM, Mohammed S, Ekesi S (2020) Distribution of Candidatus Liberibacter species in Eastern Africa, and the first report of Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus in Kenya. Scientific Reports 10, 3919 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-60712-0

* Gottwald TR (2010). Current epidemiological understanding of citrus huanglongbing. Annual Review of Phytopathology 48, 119-139.

* Lopes SA, Cifuentes-Arenas JC (2021) Protocol for Successful Transmission of ‘Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus’ from Citrus to Citrus Using Diaphorina citri. Phytopathology 111(12), 2367-2374.
Trioza erytreae (TRIZER) Known vector
* Ajene IJ, Khami FM, van Asch B, Pietersen G, Seid N, Rwomushana I, Ombura FLO, Momanyi G, Finyange P, Rasowo BA, Tanga CM, Mohammed S, Ekesi S (2020) Distribution of Candidatus Liberibacter species in Eastern Africa, and the first report of Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus in Kenya. Scientific Reports 10, 3919 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-60712-0

* Gottwald TR (2010) Current epidemiological understanding of citrus huanglongbing. Annual Review of Phytopathology, 48, 119-139.

* Reynaud B, Turpin P, Molinari MF, Grondin M, Roque S, Chiroleu F, Fereres A, Delatte H (2022) The African citrus psyllid Trioza erytreae: an efficient vector of Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus. Frontiers in Plant Science, 13:1089762,https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2022.1089762