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Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus · pathogen pressure · Citrus (genus)
pathogen pressure · effect: harmful
pathogenOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“infection of citrus trees by the pathogen Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus”
- Source
- The rhizosphere microbiome: significance of plant-beneficial, plant-pathogenic and human-pathogenic microorganisms
- Authors
- Mendes R., Garbeva P., Raaijmakers J.M.
- Year
- 2013
- Publication
- FEMS Microbiology Reviews
- Page
- 4
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“CLas as causal agent of citrus huanglongbing is well-established; phloem-limited bacterium correctly classified.”
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus is the canonical phloem-limited bacterial pathogen of citrus causing HLB.”
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