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Ground Application of Overdoses of Manganese Have a Therapeutic Effect on Sweet Orange Trees Infected with Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus

Citation
Zambon et al. (2019). HortScience 54 (6)
Names
Ca. Liberibacter asiaticus
Abstract
There is accumulating evidence that root system collapse is a primary symptom associated with Huanglongbing (HLB)-induced tree decline, especially for commercial sweet orange and grapefruit trees on Swingle and Carrizo rootstocks. Maintaining root health is imperative to keep trees productive in an HLB-endemic environment. Preliminary greenhouse and field studies have shown that HLB-impacted trees had secondary and micronutrient deficiencies that were much greater in the roots than in the leaves