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Citrus huanglongbing: a newly relevant disease presents unprecedented challenges.
Phytopathology - 1 Jul 2013
Wang Nian, Trivedi Pankaj
Abstract excerpt
Citrus huanglongbing (HLB) is one of the oldest citrus diseases and has been known for over a century. HLB is caused by 'Candidatus Liberibacter' spp. that are phloem-limited, fastidious α-proteobacteria and infect hosts in different Kingdoms (i.e., Animalia and Plantae). When compared with well-characterized, cultivatable plant-pathogenic Gram-negative bacteria, the interactions of uncultured insect-vectored...
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