Claim · model-written summary
Leprosis symptoms were observed near La Esperanza in Siguatepeque in 2003.
- Taxon
- sweet orange
Citrus sinensise1 - Outcome
- leprosis disease symptomse0
- Setting
- municipality of Siguatepeque, near La Esperanzae0
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Verbatim
e0“During a survey in Honduras in 2003, leprosis disease symptoms were observed in the municipality of Siguatepeque, near La Esperanza (N 14 37 12 / W 87 54 20).”
e1“At both sites, symptoms were observed in sweet orange cvs Valencia and Navel”
Title
Occurrence and distribution of Citrus leprosis virus in Honduras
J. C. V. Rodrigues; J. A. Zuniga Reyes; D. S. Achor; et al. Plant Pathology 2007. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3059.2007.01520.x
Other claims from this paper (15)
- Observation Old affected sweet orange plants showed dieback, strong defoliation and the highest severity level.
- Observation Highest symptom severity suggested that leprosis had arrived several years earlier.
- Observation Symptoms also occurred at a second Comayagua site about 45 km east of La Esperanza.
- Observation Valencia sweet orange had symptoms at both sites.
- Observation Navel sweet orange had symptoms at both sites.
- Observation Rangpur lime had no symptoms in the same area.
- Observation Grapefruit had no symptoms in the same area.
- Observation All symptomatic plants were in backyards.
- Observation Leprosis was detected at Lago de Yojoa and symptomatic trees were found again after presumed elimination.
- Observation All citrus plants were subsequently eliminated at the third site.
- Observation No leprosis symptoms were found during inspections at 206 sites in El Progresso and La Ceiba citrus regions.
- Observation TEM detected CiLV-C particles in diseased samples from every positive site.
- Observation CiLV-N was not detected in any sample.
- Observation Mites associated with infected sweet orange were identified as B. phoenicis by morphology and mitochondrial DNA.
- Observation This is the first confirmed CiLV-C report in Honduras.