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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Main Authors: Fang Ding, Victoria Allen, Weiqi Luo, Shouan Zhang, Yongping Duan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Oxford University Press 2018-06-01
Series:Horticulture Research
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41438-018-0038-x