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Genetic Diversity of the Indian Populations of 'Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus' Based on the Tandem Repeat Variability in a Genomic Locus.
Phytopathology - 1 Aug 2015
Ghosh Dilip Kumar, Bhose Sumit, Motghare Manali, Warghane Ashish, Mukherjee Krishanu, Ghosh Dipak Kumar, Sharma Ashwani Kumar, Ladaniya Milind Shivratan, Gowda Siddarame
Abstract excerpt
Citrus huanglongbing (HLB, citrus greening disease) is an extremely destructive disease affecting citrus and causes severe economic loss to the crop yield worldwide. The disease is caused by a phloem-limited, noncultured, gram-negative bacteria Candidatus Liberibacter spp., the widely present and most destructive species being 'Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus'. Although the disease has been reported from almost...
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