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Robert G. Shatters

Agricultural Research ServiceORCID 0000-0002-3903-772XUnclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Approach:experimental assay· 3 Research Focus:database / resource· 2 Assay:whole-genome sequencing· 2 Research Focus:drug response / drug discovery· 1 Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 1 Organism:plant (other)· 1 Approach:statistical model· 1

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Michelle Lynn HeckiD· 3 shared Tom D’EliaiD· 3 shared Joshua B. BenoitiD· 2 shared Lukas A. MuelleriD· 2 shared Marco PitinoiD· 2 shared Mirella Flores-GonzaleziD· 2 shared Prashant S. HosmaniiD· 2 shared Samuel T. CoradettiiD· 2 shared

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Plant BiologybioRxivPreprintAug 10, 2026

Antimicrobial peptides expressed by plant-engineered 'symbiont' technology reduces titers and disease symptoms of "Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum" in potato

William Rodney Cooper, Laura A. Fleites, Robert G. Shatters…·Michelle Lynn Heck

This study evaluates antimicrobial peptide-producing symbionts for reducing Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum titers and disease symptoms in potato.

DOI 10.64898/2026.08.07.743526

plant (other)experimental assay

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Plant BiologybioRxivPreprintMay 22, 2025

The "Grove-First" Framework: Starting in the Grove to Find Therapies for Huanglongbing

Michelle Lynn Heck, Nicholas R. Larson, Guilherme Locatelli…·Randall P. Niedz

The paper introduces the Grove-First framework to rapidly screen HLB therapies in citrus groves, identifying candidates with effects comparable to or better than oxytetracycline.

DOI 10.1101/2025.05.22.655577

experimental assaydrug response / drug discovery

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GenomicsGigaSciencePeer-reviewedJan 1, 2024

Diaci v3.0: Chromosome-level assembly, de novo transcriptome and manual annotation of Diaphorina citri, insect vector of Huanglongbing

Teresa D. Shippy, Prashant S. Hosmani, Mirella Flores-Gonzalez…·Surya Saha

The paper presents a chromosome-level genome assembly and manual annotation of Diaphorina citri, along with transcriptome and endosymbiont genomes, providing genomic resources for pest control research.

29 citations

whole-genome sequencingstatistical model

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GenomicsDatabasePeer-reviewedJan 1, 2017

Improved annotation of the insect vector of Citrus greening disease: Biocuration by a diverse genomics community

Surya Saha, Prashant S. Hosmani, Krystal Villalobos-Ayala…·Susan Jayne Brown

The paper manually curates gene models in the Asian citrus psyllid genome to improve annotation for HLB control research.

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whole-genome sequencingexperimental assay

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