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Title: CITRUS BLIGHT - REVISITED

Author
item NEMEC, STAN - VALENCIA COMM COLLEGE
item Baker, Robert

Submitted to: Citrus Industry
Publication Type: Popular Publication
Publication Acceptance Date: 5/27/1999
Publication Date: N/A
Citation: N/A

Interpretive Summary:

Technical Abstract: A review of efforts to define the cause of citrus blight, a disease which causes decline and dieback of citrus trees. Studies attempting to show evidence of a transmissible agent have not been successful, or were refuted by other studies. A number of studies have shown that blight occurs primarily in situations where roots are stressed, and is compounded by Fusarium solani, a soil fungus. Both laboratory and field studies suggest that altering soil pH and available nitrogen form can diminish incidence of blight.