Citrus Huanglongbing (HLB), commonly known as citrus greening, is one of the most severe threats to the global citrus industry. Caused by the gram‐negative, phloem-limited bacterium Candidatus ...

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A quiet, but formidable, opponent is threatening San Diego County’s landscape, and if successful, could make our region’s backyard and commercial citrus simply disappear. Public awareness and ...

SAN DIEGO COUNTY, Calif. — The California Department of Food and Agriculture declared a quarantine in parts of north San Diego County Thursday, after detecting a potentially devastating citrus disease ...

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Journal of Plant Pathology, Vol. 99, No. 1 (March 2017), pp. 273-278 (6 pages) 'Huanglongbing' (HLB), previously known as 'citrus greening' is a severe and widespread disease of citrus caused by ...

Three months after the state imposed a citrus quarantine across 100 square miles of Ventura County, inspectors have diagnosed 68 residential citrus trees with huanglongbing, an incurable ...

A recent study has pinpointed two key enzymes in Citrus sinensis that play a crucial role in the plant's defense mechanism against the Asian citrus psyllid (ACP), a vector for the lethal huanglongbing ...

The California Department of Food and Agriculture has declared a new citrus quarantine in a 95-square-mile area of Rancho Bernardo after a citrus tree disease was discovered during routine inspections ...

Scientists are closer to gaining the upper hand on Huanglongbing, a disease that has wiped out citrus orchards across the globe. New models of the bacterium linked to the disease reveal control ...

SAN DIEGO COUNTY, Calif. — The California Department of Food and Agriculture declared a new citrus quarantine in northern San Diego County and part of Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton Sept. 9. State ...