Citrus leprosis virus C infection results in hypersensitive-like response, suppression of the JA/ET plant defense pathway and promotion of the colonization of its mite vector.

Leprosis is a serious disease of citrus caused by Citrus leprosis virus C (CiLV-C, genus Cilevirus) whose transmission is mediated by false-spider mites of the genus Brevipalpus. CiLV-C infection does not systemically spread in any of its known host plants, thus remaining restricted to local lesions...

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Main Authors: Gabriella Dias Arena, Pedro Luis Ramos-González, Maria Andreia Nunes, Marcelo Ribeiro Alves, Luis Eduardo Aranha Camargo, Elliot Watanabe Kitajima, Marcos Antonio Machado, Juliana Freitas-Astua
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Plant Science
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpls.2016.01757/full