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Citrus mosaic Satsuma dwarf-related virus: Bud union crease Virus for some combinations, otherwise genetic or unknown Citrus leaf rugose genus Ilarvirus, Citrus leaf rugose virus (CLRV) Citrus yellow mosaic genus Badnavirus: Crinkly leaf Crinkly leaf virus (strain of Citrus variegation virus) Infectious variegation
Although citrus is the main crop attacked by red scale, it can also be found on species from at least seventy-seven plant families [9] and has been successfully reared in the laboratory on potato tubers and pumpkin. [10] Scale insects of all ages feed by sucking sap. They are found on all parts of the plant but are most noticeable on the fruit.
Citrus canker is a disease affecting Citrus species caused by the bacterium Xanthomonas (X.axonopodis; X. campestris). Infection causes lesions on the leaves, stems, and fruit of citrus trees, including lime, oranges, and grapefruit. While not harmful to humans, canker significantly affects the vitality of citrus trees, causing leaves and fruit ...
Planococcus citri, commonly known as the citrus mealybug, is a species of mealybugs native to Asia. It has been introduced to the rest of the world, including Europe, the Americas, and Oceania, as an agricultural pest. It is associated with citrus, but it attacks a wide range of crop plants, ornamental plants, and wild flora. [1]
Diaphorina citri, the Asian citrus psyllid, is a sap-sucking, hemipteran bug now in the taxonomic family Liviidae. [1] It is one of two confirmed vectors of citrus greening disease . [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It has a wide distribution in southern Asia and has spread to other citrus growing regions.
Significant pests include the cottony cushion scale, a pest of citrus fruit trees, [81] the green peach aphid and other aphids which attack crops worldwide and transmit diseases, [82] and jumping plant lice which can be plant-specific and transmit diseases, as with the Asian citrus psyllid which transmits citrus greening disease. [83]
3. Inspect Trees for Insects. Before bringing your citrus trees indoors for the winter, check them for leaf miners, aphids, and scale insects. To get rid of these pests, spray the trees with ...
Lepidosaphes beckii also known as purple scale, mussel scale, citrus mussel scale, orange scale, comma scale and mussel purple scale [2] is a scale insect that is a pest of Citrus trees. The small insects attach themselves to leaves, fruits and small branches and cause injury by sucking the tree's sap.
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