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Fungal Diseases of Fruit and Foliage of Citrus Trees

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Diseases of Fruits and Vegetables Volume I

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Several important diseases of the fruit and foliage of citrus trees are addressed in this chapter: Postbloom fruit drop, caused by Colletotrichum acutatum; Alternaria brown spot, caused by Alternaria alternata; scab diseases, caused by Elsinoe fawsettii and E. australis; melanose, caused by Diaporthe citri; and greasy spot caused by Mycosphaerella citri. With each disease the history, economic importance, disease cycle, epidemiology, and control are covered. Special emphasis is placed on diagnosis and identification of the diseases and pathogens. Basic methods are presented for isolation of the pathogen, culture, production of various spore forms as well as for inoculation of plants to reproduce Koch’s postulates.

This research was supported by the Florida Agricultural Experiment Station and approved for publication as Journal Series No. R 09361.

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  1. IFAS, Plant Pathology Department, Citrus Research and Education Center, University of Florida, 700 Experiment Station Road, Lake Alfred, FL, USA, 33850

    L. W. Timmer, S. N. Mondal & Alka Bhatia

  2. UNIEMP Project, Instituto Biológico, University of Florida, São Paulo, Brazil

    N. A. R. Peres

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  1. National Research Centre for Citrus, Indian Council of Agricultural Research, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India

    S. A. M. H. Naqvi

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Timmer, L.W., Mondal, S.N., Peres, N.A.R., Bhatia, A. (2004). Fungal Diseases of Fruit and Foliage of Citrus Trees. In: Naqvi, S.A.M.H. (eds) Diseases of Fruits and Vegetables Volume I. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-2606-4_3

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