Agricultural and Life Sciences (IFAS)
Levy Lab
Led by Amit Levy · Plant Pathology
What we study
The Levy Lab studies how Citrus tristeza virus and the citrus greening bacterium (Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus) infect and move through citrus plants, and how insects spread them.
What working here is like
- Wet lab
- Plants
- Bacteria & microbes
- Projects
- 2
- Papers
- 5
Current projects
CTV infection
Researching how Citrus tristeza virus spreads in citrus plants.
Citrus greening
Studying Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus, the cause of citrus greening.
Summaries are written by AI in plain language from public symposium abstracts and may be imperfect.
Recent papers, explained
- Recombinant cystatin ingestion by Diaphorina citri reduces insect survival: insights into the HLB host–bacteria interaction (D. citri–CLas) focused on DcCathL studies
2026 · Frontiers in Insect Science
Shows that feeding a citrus protein to the HLB insect vector reduces its survival, offering new control strategies.
- A secreted citrus protease cleaves an outer membrane protein of the Huanglongbing pathogen
2026 · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Finds that a citrus protease cuts a protein in the Huanglongbing bacterium, potentially aiding disease control.
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- Portable real-time crop health assessment for diseases and nutrient issues with lightweight neural networks and RGB captures
2026 · Smart Agricultural Technology
Develops a lightweight tool to diagnose crop diseases and nutrient issues across different plants.
- Fitting the pieces into a whole picture: physiology and pathogenesis in huanglongbing disease
2026 · Physiological and Molecular Plant Pathology
Explores how Huanglongbing disease disrupts multiple plant processes beyond just phloem blockage.
- Dual targeting of pathogen load and callose deposition improves phloem function and carbon allocation in citrus greening disease
2026 · Plant Disease
Tests whether targeting both bacteria and callose deposition can improve citrus health in Huanglongbing disease.
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