TY - JOUR
T1 - Witches' broom disease of Mexican lime trees
T2 - disaster to be addressed before it will be too late
AU - Mardi, Mohsen
AU - Nekouei, S. Mojtaba Khayam
AU - Farsad, Laleh Karimi
AU - Ehya, Frooh
AU - Shabani, Mahnaz
AU - Shafiee, Maaedeh
AU - Tabatabaei, Meisam
AU - Safarnejad, Mohammad Reza
AU - Jouzani, Gholamreza Salehi
AU - Salekdeh, Ghasem Hosseini
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - Witches' broom disease of lime (WBDL) associated with 'Candidatus Phytoplasma aurantifolia' presence, is responsible for major losses of Mexican lime trees (Citrus aurantifolia L.). Iranian witches' broom disease of lime Network (IWBDLN) comprises of 10 mega projectswhich have been carried out since 2008 with the contribution of 15 different national institutes. Here, we will present the program and the results obtained and demonstrate how this program could contribute in controlling this destructive agent of WBDL. Furthermore, we will demonstrate how our genomics, transcriptomics, epigenomics, proteomics and metabolomics analyses of lime infected by witches' broom disease provided new insight into plant stress tolerance mechanisms. Several strategies to maximize the success of our program in controlling the disease will be presented.
AB - Witches' broom disease of lime (WBDL) associated with 'Candidatus Phytoplasma aurantifolia' presence, is responsible for major losses of Mexican lime trees (Citrus aurantifolia L.). Iranian witches' broom disease of lime Network (IWBDLN) comprises of 10 mega projectswhich have been carried out since 2008 with the contribution of 15 different national institutes. Here, we will present the program and the results obtained and demonstrate how this program could contribute in controlling this destructive agent of WBDL. Furthermore, we will demonstrate how our genomics, transcriptomics, epigenomics, proteomics and metabolomics analyses of lime infected by witches' broom disease provided new insight into plant stress tolerance mechanisms. Several strategies to maximize the success of our program in controlling the disease will be presented.
KW - Witches' broom disease of lime
KW - ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma aurantifolia
KW - systems biology
KW - management
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UR - http://www.bulletinofinsectology.org/Contents/Contentsbullinsect.htm
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:80054855158
SN - 1721-8861
VL - 64
SP - S205-S206
JO - Bulletin of Insectology
JF - Bulletin of Insectology
IS - Supplement
ER -