Article
Ineffectiveness of pruning to control citrus huanglongbing caused by Candidatus Liberibacter americanus
2007-12-01
Abstract excerpt
The huanglongbing (HLB) disease of citrus trees, caused by Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus and Ca. Liberibacter americanus, was first reported in Brazil in March, 2004. The presence of the disease has caused serious concerns among growers. Pruning experiments were conducted to determine if removal of symptomatic branches or the entire canopy (decapitation) would eliminate infected tissues and save HLB-affected t...
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- Literature Corpus work
- dad8a656-0b68-5552-afea-600901d3dce7
- DOI
- 10.1007/s10658-007-9173-1
