First report of citrus huanglongbing disease on orange in Iran

Huanglongbing: An overview of a complex pathosystem ravaging the world's citrus

“…Other major citrus growing areas of the Mediterranean Basin and Australia are now under threat. HLB has moved west from Pakistan into Iran (Faghihi et al ), threatening Turkey and beyond, and the African psyllid recently was found in Spain (Pérez‐Otero et al ). HLB was detected in Papua New Guinea in 2002 (Weinert et al ) causing Australia to step up its vigilance.…”

“…Other major citrus growing areas of the Mediterranean Basin and Australia are now under threat. HLB has moved west from Pakistan into Iran (Faghihi et al 2009), threatening Turkey and beyond, and the African psyllid recently was found in Spain Normally maturing citrus fruit with color break (orange) initiating at the stylar end progressing upwards to the green stem area of the fruit. (G) Color inversion.…”

Global genetic variation in the Asian citrus psyllid, Diaphorina citri (Hemiptera: Liviidae) and the endosymbiont Wolbachia: links between Iran and the USA detected

“…By 2005, large populations of D. citri were found in the major lime [ Citrus aurantifolia (Christm.) Swing] growing region, Hormozgan province, followed by citrus greening disease pathogen which was collected from Sistan–Baluchistan and Hormozgan provinces . Moreover, this pest has been established in Kerman and Fars provinces…”

“…Swing] growing region, Hormozgan province, followed by citrus greening disease pathogen which was collected from Sistan-Baluchistan and Hormozgan provinces. 1,7 Moreover, this pest has been established in Kerman and Fars provinces. 8 Invasive pest species have rapid evolutionary events, 9 and introduced species that rapidly colonize broad areas lead to a higher occurrence of short-term stochastic or deterministic evolutionary changes, possibly resulting in speciation.…”

Diversity and characterization of Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus strains causing huanglongbing disease in Iran, based on two prophage loci

“…Iran is ranked 10th in the world in citrus production (Alipour et al., ). In Iran, this disease was found for the first time in Sistan–Baluchestan and Hormozgan provinces in 2008 (Faghihi, Salehi, Bagheri, & Izadpanah, ). Subsequently, it was found in Kerman province (Mohkami, Satari, Lori, Ehsani, & Nazemi, ).…”