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Fundo de Defesa da Citricultura (FUNDECITRUS) (Institutional affiliation from the last research proposal) Birthplace: Espanha
Leandro Antonio Peña Garcia in research grants and scholarships supported by FAPESP.
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Huanglongbing (HLB) is the major threat to the citriculture worldwide. The fast and efficient dissemination of the HLB associated bacteria, Candidatus Liberibacter spp., by its psyllid vector Diaphorina citri and the absence of genetic resistance in citrus, are major factors accounting for disease severity. The development of varieties with good agronomic performance and resistance to dis…
Brazil is the world's largest producer of oranges and uses more than 70% of the harvested fruit in the production of juices. Orange juices are considered very healthy and nutritious, because they are rich in vitamin C, folic acid, potassium, magnesium and calcium, and also contain considerable levels of iron and zinc. Moreover, they contain phytochemicals such as carotenoids, terpenoids a…
HLB is the most destructive citrus disease worldwide, since there are no resistant commercial varieties, the disease causes a significant reduction in production and there are no curative methods. In Brazil, the disease is associated with Candidatus Liberibacter americanus (Lam) and Ca. L. asiaticus (Las), being Las cosmopolitan and Lam restricted to Brazil. The absence of commercial citr…
Huanglongbing is a major threat to the citriculture worldwide. The fast and efficient dissemination of Candidatus Liberibacter spp. by the psyllid Diaphorina citri, the absence of genetic resistance in Citrus spp., are main factor driving the severity of the disease. In Brazil, we have associated with HLB Ca. L. asiaticus (Las) and Ca. L. americanus (Lam). The development of citrus cultiv…
There are sweet orange mutants that accumulate moderate levels of lycopene in the fruit pulp. However, when the fruit is processed, most of it remains in the peel of the juice vesicles and very little goes to the juice. Additionally, these mutants require cultivation under rather warm temperatures to accumulate good levels of lycopene in the fruit. There are also sweet orange mutants that…
The Huanglongbing (HLB) is the most destructive citrus disease worldwide, associated to uncultivated Candidatus Liberibacter species, and spread in citrus orchards by the psyllid vector Diaphorina citri in main citriculture regions such as Brazil, China and Asia in general, the USA and Central America. Although HLB was first described in Brazil fifteen years ago and Candidatus Liberibacte…
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