Abstract
Citrus greening is the most destructive disease of citrus crops worldwide. The introduced Asian citrus psyllid (ACP) Diaphorina citri Kuwayama transmits the (putative) causal bacterium, Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus. A close relative, Ca. L. solanacearum, is the pathogen associated with Zebra chip disease of potato and vein-greening disease of tomato. It is both transmitted by and propagative in the endemic (western U.S) potato psyllid (PoP) Bactericerca cockerelli Sulc. The PoP occurs widely in the western U.S. and so has been used as a parallel study system for the quarantined ACP-greening complex. To identify proteins involved in global psyllid-Ca. Liberibacter interactions, the ACP and PoP transcriptomes were sequenced, yielding a total of 45,976 and 82,224 Illumina unique ACP and PoP transcripts, respectively. Cluster analysis revealed a high degree of sequence and transcript conservation suggestive of roles in core growth and developmental processes, providing the first molecular snapshot of the specific psyllid genes responsive to parasite invasion and circulation in the host. Evidence of inter-psyllid molecular conservation substantiates the suitability of PoP as a study system for ACP-Ca. L. asiatcus. Comparative in silico expression analysis within and between psyllid species revealed predicted functions involved in Ca. Liberibacter parasitism that were both unique and shared in common among adult and nymphal instars. In addition, functional characterization based on Gene Ontology analysis has revealed a number of genes associated with host-parasite interactions that could mediate Ca. Liberibacter infection, propagation, and circulation in the psyllid, as well as transmission processes.
Highlights
Citrus greening is the most destructive disease of citrus crops worldwide
L. solanacearum, is the pathogen associated with Zebra chip disease of potato and vein-greening disease of tomato
To identify proteins involved in global psyllid-Ca
Summary
Citrus greening is the most destructive disease of citrus crops worldwide. The introduced Asian citrus psyllid (ACP) Diaphorina citri Kuwayama transmits the (putative) causal bacterium, Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus. Title A Comparative Transcriptomic Approach to Elucidate Psyllid-Ca. Liberibacter Interactions Powered by the California Digital Library University of California Journal of Citrus Pathology Vol 1 (2014)
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