Citrus huanglongbing: A newly relevant disease presents unprecedented challenges

Phytopathology

Volumn 103, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 652-665

  Wang, Nian ^a   Trivedi, Pankaj ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b WESTERN SYDNEY UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Agroecosystem; Evolution

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; BACTERIAL GENOME; CITRUS; FRUIT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HEMIPTERA; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HOST RANGE; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PHLOEM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT DISEASE; PLANT LEAF; REVIEW; RHIZOBIACEAE; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; CITRUS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FRUIT; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME, BACTERIAL; HEMIPTERA; HOST SPECIFICITY; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; PHLOEM; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT LEAVES; RHIZOBIACEAE; VIRULENCE;

EID: 84880390337     PISSN: 0031949X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/PHYTO-12-12-0331-RVW     Document Type: Review

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