Nabil Killiny

Best Publications

• Citrus tristeza virus-based RNAi in citrus plants induces gene silencing in Diaphorina citri, a phloem-sap sucking insect vector of citrus greening disease (Huanglongbing).

  Subhas Hajeri;Nabil Killiny;Choaa El-Mohtar;William O. Dawson

  201
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• Collection and Chemical Composition of Phloem Sap from Citrus sinensis L. Osbeck (Sweet Orange)

  Faraj Hijaz;Nabil Killiny

  175
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• Double-stranded RNA uptake through topical application, mediates silencing of five CYP4 genes and suppresses insecticide resistance in Diaphorina citri.

  Nabil Killiny;Subhas Hajeri;Siddharth Tiwari;Siddarame Gowda

  173
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• Better Together: Association With ' Candidatus Liberibacter Asiaticus' Increases the Reproductive Fitness of Its Insect Vector, Diaphorina citri (Hemiptera: Liviidae).

  K. S. Pelz-Stelinski;N. Killiny

  136
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• Xylella fastidiosa Afimbrial Adhesins Mediate Cell Transmission to Plants by Leafhopper Vectors

  Nabil Killiny;Rodrigo P. P. Almeida

  134
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• Exogenous GABA is quickly metabolized to succinic acid and fed into the plant TCA cycle

  Faraj Hijaz;Nabil Killiny

  119
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• Host structural carbohydrate induces vector transmission of a bacterial plant pathogen.

  Nabil Killiny;Rodrigo P. P. Almeida

  116
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• Silencing Abnormal Wing Disc Gene of the Asian Citrus Psyllid, Diaphorina citri Disrupts Adult Wing Development and Increases Nymph Mortality

  Ibrahim El-Shesheny;Subhas Hajeri;Ibrahim El-Hawary;Siddarame Gowda

  112
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• RNA interference of two glutathione S-transferase genes, Diaphorina citri DcGSTe2 and DcGSTd1, increases the susceptibility of Asian citrus psyllid (Hemiptera: Liviidae) to the pesticides fenpropathrin and thiamethoxam.

  Xiudao Yu;Nabil Killiny

  111
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• Possible role of plant volatiles in tolerance against huanglongbing in citrus.

  Faraj Hijaz;Yasser Nehela;Nabil Killiny

  102
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• Spiroplasma citri Spiralin Acts In Vitro as a Lectin Binding to Glycoproteins from Its Insect Vector Circulifer haematoceps.

  Nabil Killiny;Michel Castroviejo;Colette Saillard

  87
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• Application of gamma-aminobutyric acid increased the level of phytohormones in Citrus sinensis.

  Faraj Hijaz;Yasser Nehela;Nabil Killiny

  87
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• The exopolysaccharide of Xylella fastidiosa is essential for biofilm formation, plant virulence, and vector transmission.

  N. Killiny;R. Hernandez Martinez;C. Korsi Dumenyo;D. A. Cooksey

  87
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• Chitin Utilization by the Insect-Transmitted Bacterium Xylella fastidiosa

  Nabil Killiny;Simone S. Prado;Rodrigo P. P. Almeida

  81
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• Melatonin Is Involved in Citrus Response to the Pathogen Huanglongbing via Modulation of Phytohormonal Biosynthesis.

  Yasser Nehela;Yasser Nehela;Nabil Killiny

  76
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• Role of cyclic di-GMP in Xylella fastidiosa biofilm formation, plant virulence, and insect transmission.

  Subhadeep Chatterjee;Nabil Killiny;Rodrigo P. P. Almeida;Steven E. Lindow

  72
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• The abundant extrachromosomal DNA content of the Spiroplasma citri GII3-3X genome

  Colette Saillard;Patricia Carle;Sybille Duret-Nurbel;Raphaël Henri

  72
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• Amino acids implicated in plant defense are higher in Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus-tolerant citrus varieties.

  Nabil Killiny;Faraj Hijaz

  68
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• Metabolomic Response to Huanglongbing: Role of Carboxylic Compounds in Citrus sinensis Response to ‘Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus’ and Its Vector, Diaphorina citri

  Nabil Killiny;Yasser Nehela;Yasser Nehela

  67
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• Citrus phytohormonal response to Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus and its vector Diaphorina citri

  Yasser Nehela;Yasser Nehela;Faraj Hijaz;Abdelnaser A. Elzaawely;Hassan M. El-Zahaby

  62
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• Phytohormone profiling of the sweet orange (Citrus sinensis (L.) Osbeck) leaves and roots using GC–MS-based method

  Yasser Nehela;Faraj Hijaz;Abdelnaser A. Elzaawely;Hassan M. El-Zahaby

  59
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• Metabolite signature of the phloem sap of fourteen citrus varieties with different degrees of tolerance to Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus

  Nabil Killiny

  53
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• Viability of 'Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus' Prolonged by Addition of Citrus Juice to Culture Medium

  Jennifer K. Parker;Sarah R. Wisotsky;Evan G. Johnson;Faraj M. Hijaz

  48
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• All roads lead to Rome: Towards understanding different avenues of tolerance to huanglongbing in citrus cultivars.

  Nabil Killiny;Shelley E. Jones;Yasser Nehela;Faraj Hijaz

  44
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• RNA interference of carboxyesterases causes nymph mortality in the Asian citrus psyllid, Diaphorina citri.

  Abdelaziz Kishk;Abdelaziz Kishk;Helmy A. I. Anber;Tsamoh K. AbdEl‐Raof;AbdEl‐Hakeem D. El‐Sherbeni

  43
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