NONEXPRESSOR OF PATHOGENESIS-RELATED GENES control Huanglongbing tolerance by regulating immune balance in citrus plants
Poulami Sarkar, Choaa Amine El-Mohtar, Chunxia Wang, Donielle Turner, Stacy Welker, Cecile J. Robertson, Vladimir Orbović, Zhonglin Mou, Amit Levy
This study shows that overexpressing AtNPR1 or silencing AtNPR3/AtNPR4 orthologs in citrus enhances HLB tolerance by regulating immune balance and reducing callose and ROS accumulation.
PLANT PHYSIOLOGY · Oct 17, 2025Peer-reviewedPlant Biology