Molecular mechanisms underlying heat or tetracycline treatments for citrus HLB control
Citrus disease: Fighting one infection with another Heat treatment to cure citrus plants of Huanglongbing (HLB) works not by killing the HLB bacteria directly but by triggering a virus to attack them. HLB, also known as citrus greening because it causes plants to produce green, bitter fruit, threate...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2018-06-01
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Series: | Horticulture Research |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41438-018-0038-x |