Huanglongbing as a Persistent Threat to Citriculture in Latin America [PDF]
BiologyCitrus commercial species are the most important fruit crops in the world; however, their cultivation is seriously threatened by the fast dispersion of emerging diseases, including Huanglongbing (HLB) citrus greening.
Jael Arely Cervantes-Santos +9 more
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Citrus Pruning in the Mediterranean Climate: A Review [PDF]
Plants, 2023 Pruning is a common practice in citrus for various reasons. These include controlling and shaping the canopy; improving phytosanitary health, productivity, and fruit quality; and facilitating operations such as harvesting and phytosanitary treatments ...
Pedro Matias +4 more
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The unsung women of citriculture: bridging science and society through macro and micro analysis for improved technology adoption in citrus value chain [PDF]
Frontiers in SociologyIntroductionWomen constitute 43% of the global agricultural workforce, and remain largely undocumented in several sectors, especially citrus farming (citriculture).
Sangeeta Bhattacharyya +7 more
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Characterization of the Spanish Pomegranate Germplasm Collection Maintained at the Agricultural Experiment Station of Elche to Identify Promising Breeding Materials [PDF]
Plants, 2022 Pomegranates were one of the first domesticated fruit crops, and their long history resulted in the development of local cultivars all over the world. Spain is one of the main producers and exporters of this crop in the Mediterranean Basin, but in order ...
Elena Zuriaga +3 more
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Amicoumacins produced by the native citrus microbiome isolate Bacillus safensis inhibit the Huanglongbing-associated bacterial pathogen “Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus” [PDF]
Applied and Environmental MicrobiologyHuanglongbing (HLB) is a devastating citrus disease associated with the gram-negative, phloem-limited, and unculturable bacterium “Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus (CLas),” which is transmitted by the Asian citrus psyllid Diaphorina citri.
Flávia C. Vieira +12 more
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Screening of ‘King’ Mandarin Hybrids as Tolerant Citrus Rootstocks to Flooding Stress
Horticulturae, 2021 This work compares the tolerance to long-term anoxia conditions (35 days) of five new citrus ‘King’ mandarin (Citrus nobilis L. Lour) × Poncirus trifoliata ((L.) Raf.) hybrids (named 0501XX) and Carrizo citrange (CC, Citrus sinensis (L.) Osb.
Mary-Rus Martínez-Cuenca +2 more
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Horticulturae, 2023 Drought is increasingly becoming an abiotic stress factor that affects citrus yield in the Mediterranean Basin, and rootstocks may impact the plants’ responses to it.
Amparo Primo-Capella +5 more
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Agronomy, 2022 The yield and fruit quality performances of Clemenrubi and Orogros mandarins were evaluated in the Mediterranean climate of Valencia, Spain, from 2009 to 2016. The cumulative yields and tree growth of both varieties’ mandarins over this 8-year production
Mary-Rus Martínez-Cuenca +2 more
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EFFECT OF CALCIUM AND BORON SOURCES AND METHODS OF APPLICATION ON GROWTH YIELD AND FRUIT QUALITY OF WASHINGTON NAVEL ORANGE TREES [PDF]
Arab Universities Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 2016 This study was carried out during 2013 and 2014 seasons to examine the effect of soil addition of Calcium nitrate at 1.0 kg/tree, borax at 25 g/tree and /or spraying of chelated-Ca at 0.03% and chelated-B at 0.025% on growth, yield and fruit quality of ...
Randa Habasy +3 more
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Spanish Journal of Agricultural Research, 2021 Aim of study: In a social context of increasing concern about healthy diets, the development of new varieties with enhanced content in nutraceutical compounds is an important objective of the fruit breeding programs currently developed.
Helena Gómez-Martínez +3 more
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