José Belasque Junior

• Abstract

  In the last decades, new scientific and technical tools were applied to the identification of microorganisms. Biochemical and pathogenicity protocols, before essential to the diagnosis of plant diseases induced by bacteria, were partially replaced by molecular methods. However, until now, these changes were not extensively applied in plant pathology laboratories in Brazil. As a consequenc…

  Molecular characterization of plant pathogenic bacteria from Brazil by Multilocus Sequence Analysis (MLSA), AP.R

• Abstract

  Huanglongbing (HLB, Greening) is one of the most important citrus disease worldwide. Its first detection in Brazilian conditions occurred in 2004 and, so far, more than 50% of the citrus orchards in São Paulo state are affected by HLB. There are no curative methods for this disease, and only new infections prevention can be adopted to minimize the related damages. New infections can be av…

  Spatial and temporal dynamics of Huanglongbing (HLB) and its vector Diaphorina citri in commercial citrus orchards: tools for disease management and sampling methods, AP.R
• XIV International Congress on Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions, AR.EXT

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• Abstract

  The citrus industry is an important agro-industrial activity in Brazil and much of the production is concentrated in São Paulo, which accounts for 73% of citrus production in the country. A major challenge for São Paulo citrus industry is the current epidemic of Huanglongbing (HLB), a disease considered the main threat to world citrus production. The HLB is associated with the bacterium '…

  HLB management enhancement employing the spatio-temporal epidemiology of the disease and its vector (Diaphorina citri), BP.DR

• Abstract

  Huanglongbing (HLB, Greening) is one of the most important citrus diseases worldwide. No curative methods are available for HLB and only preventive control strategies can reduce its damages and losses (HLB management). Those strategies have to be applied simultaneously and are: I) planting of pathogen-free nursery plants; II) frequent elimination of symptomatic trees (roguing), and III) v…

  Influence of HLB management on Diaphorina citri dispersal and disease spread to neighboring citrus areas, BP.IC

• Abstract

  Huanglongbing (HLB) is the most devastating disease of citrus and has spread to the main growing areas worldwide, including Brazil, USA and China. There is still no viable curative strategy or resistant citrus variety to control HLB and management is based in the reduction of inoculum, i.e. eradication of symptomatic trees, utilization of healthy seedlings and chemical control of vector p…

  HLB management enhancement using spatio-temporal analyses of the disease and its vector (Diaphorina citri), BE.EP.DR