Diaphorina citri (head) transcriptome study
The Asian citrus psyllid Diaphorina citri is the transmission vector of several  disease of citrus plants. The bacterium “Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus” (CLas) associated with HLB is transmitted between host plants by D. citri in a circulative manner. Understanding the interaction between CLas and its insect vector is therefore of utmost importance. In this study, messenger RNA sequencing of isolated heads of D. citri was performed to monitor the impact of CLas on the transcriptome of D. citri.