How citrus rewires its vascular system to fight huanglongbing Huanglongbing (HLB) is one of the most destructive diseases threatening global citrus production, yet how citrus plants respond to the pathogen at the cellular level has remained unclear.

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Figure 1: Citrus Huanglongbing disease symptoms, signs and vector. A: Blotchy mottle symptoms on leaves. B: Uniform and even mottling symptoms due to nutrient deficiencies. C: Corking veins and green island symptoms. D: Yellow-shoot symptoms. E: Declining citrus tree with thinning canopy and branch dieback. F: Lopsided fruit. G: Unevenly coloring fruit. H: ACP eggs on flush, adult insect, and nymphs producing waxy tubules pictures by Greg Douhan et al., 2018. An Update on Huanglongbing Disease of Citrus in California. Topics in Subtropics newsletter. Volume 17, Spring 2018

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Our preprint is now live! We have sequenced the genomes of three psyllid species. These insects pests transmit devastating plant diseases like 'zebra chip' in potatoes and 'carrot yellows' in carrots. 🥕

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