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A BACTERIAL SPOT OF CITRUS.
Author(s) -
DOIDGE ETHEL M.
Publication year - 1917
Publication title -
annals of applied biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.677
H-Index - 80
eISSN - 1744-7348
pISSN - 0003-4746
DOI - 10.1111/j.1744-7348.1917.tb05869.x
Subject(s) - biology , sanitation , orchard , organism , black spot , leaf spot , agroforestry , horticulture , engineering , environmental engineering , paleontology
Summary. This paper gives an account of a citrus disease which is causing considerable trouble in the Western Province of the Cape. It causes dark sunken spots on fruit and shoot, and not only disfigures but provides an entrance for fungous parasites which completely destroy the fruit. The causal organism is described at some length, and as it appears to be one hitherto undescribed has been named Bacillus citrimaculans . The question of preventive measures is not discussed, but an improvement in the sanitation of the orchard would certainly prove beneficial, and it is intended to carry out spraying experiments during the ensuring season