Citrus Canker Symptoms on Nursery Trees

Citrus canker – A review

Of all the agricultural pests and diseases that threaten citrus crops, citrus canker is one of the most devastating. The disease, caused by the bacterium Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. citri, occurs in large areas of the world's citrus growing countries including India. At least 3 distinct forms or types of citrus canker are recognized. Among these, Asiatic form (Canker A) is the most destructive a...

Bacterial Citrus Canker

Septoria Canker on Nursery Stock of Populus Deltoides

Septoria musiva Peck is capable of establishing itself on unwounded first-ye ar stems of eastern cottonwood. Natural infections have been observed since 1969 in three forest nurse ries in Mississippi, and inoculations have confirmed that both conidia and ascospores are capable of causing stem infections . This paper offers evide n ce that the fungus Septoria musiva Peck is capable of causing ca...

Citrus Bacterial Canker Disease and Huanglongbing (Citrus Greening)

IntRODUctIOn Compared with the rest of the world, the California citrus industry is relatively free of diseases that can impact growers’ profits. Unfortunately, exotic plant pathogens may become well established before they are recognized as such. This is primarily because some of the initial symptoms mimic other diseases, mineral deficiencies, or toxicities. In addition, development of disease...

effect of naa and certain treatments on sprout control and growth in citrus nursery trees

suckers are strong sinks of water and nutrients, thus they have intensive competition with plant vegetative parts like scion of budded seedlings. this is an enormous problem of citrus nurseries in north of iran. as far as vast input and time is spending on control of these unwanted suckers. this research, that carried out in design, compares 10 different sucker control methods in three citrus r...