Quarantine plant pathogen

'Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus' → Diaphorina citri → 'Candidatus Phytoplasma aurantifolia'

Source EPPO: LIBEAS Vector EPPO: DIAACI Target EPPO: PHYPAF
RU A1 K-P potential

← To all hypotheses

Scoring

All four metrics are dimensionless. The total score is the product of specificity, host distance and confidence.

0.167
Specificity
1 / the number of pathogens on the vector — this vector carries 6 pathogens in EPPO.
0.00
Host distance
1.0 = no shared hosts · 0.5 = shared family · 0.2 = shared genus · 0.0 = shared species.
0.50
Confidence (K-P)
K = confirmed vector (1.0), P = potential (0.5); both edges are multiplied.
0.000
Total
specificity × host distance × confidence

Distribution: 'Candidatus Phytoplasma aurantifolia'

Countries with recorded presence per the EPPO Global Database (11 ISO codes).

SINLIQJOECINAEIRSABROM

Host plants: 'Candidatus Phytoplasma aurantifolia'

Top 10 host taxa per EPPO; classes per EPPO host categorisation.

  • Citrus x aurantiifolia CIDAF Major host
  • Citrus hybrids CIDHX Host
  • Citrus medica CIDME Host
  • Citrus x aurantium var. paradisi CIDPA Host
  • Citrus x aurantium var. sinensis CIDSI Host
  • Citrus x limon CIDLI Host
  • Citrus x limonia var. jambhiri CIDJA Host
  • Citrus x limon var. limetta CIDLM Host
  • Citrus x limon var. limettioides CIDLT Host
  • Citrus x tangelo CIDRP Host

Synonyms: 'Candidatus Phytoplasma aurantifolia'

  • witches' broom of lime
  • Oman witches' broom disease
  • WBDL
  • Lime witches' broom phytoplasma
  • Phytoplasma aurantifolia

Sources

'Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus' ↔ Diaphorina citri

* Ajene IJ, Khami FM, van Asch B, Pietersen G, Seid N, Rwomushana I, Ombura FLO, Momanyi G, Finyange P, Rasowo BA, Tanga CM, Mohammed S, Ekesi S (2020) Distribution of Candidatus Liberibacter species in Eastern Africa, and the first report of Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus in Kenya. Scientific Reports 10, 3919 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-60712-0

* Gottwald TR (2010). Current epidemiological understanding of citrus huanglongbing. Annual Review of Phytopathology 48, 119-139.

* Lopes SA, Cifuentes-Arenas JC (2021) Protocol for Successful Transmission of ‘Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus’ from Citrus to Citrus Using Diaphorina citri. Phytopathology 111(12), 2367-2374.

Diaphorina citri ↔ 'Candidatus Phytoplasma aurantifolia'

* Queiroz RB, Donkersley P, Silva FN, Al-Mahmmoli IH, Al-Sadi AM, Carvalho CM, Elliot SL (2016) Invasive mutualisms between a plant pathogen and insect vectors in the Middle East and Brazil. Royal Society Open Science 3(12), 160557.
------- Potential vector (studies conducted in Oman and Brazil).