FUNDO DE DEFESA DA CITRICULTURA - FUNDECITRUS;INSTITUTO VALENCIANO DE INVESTIGACIONES AGRARIAS
发明人:
申请号:
EP10825870.8
公开号:
EP2493318B1
申请日:
2010.10.26
申请国别(地区):
EP
年份:
2016
代理人:
摘要:
The invention provides a method for controlling Huanglongbing (HLB) disease of citrus plants through expressing genes encoding synthases for sesquiterpenes such as &bgr;-caryophyllene, and α-copaene, and combinations thereof, in citrus plants. Methods of controlling HLB comprising applying at least one purified sesquiterpene, which repels Diaphorina citri and/or Tryoza erytrae psyllid insects, so as to control the HLB disease of citrus plants, are also disclosed.