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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Canales E
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4701442 | biostudies-literature | 2016
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
PloS one 20160105 1
Huanglongbing (HLB) constitutes the most destructive disease of citrus worldwide, yet no established efficient management measures exist for it. Brassinosteroids, a family of plant steroidal compounds, are essential for plant growth, development and stress tolerance. As a possible control strategy for HLB, epibrassinolide was applied to as a foliar spray to citrus plants infected with the causal agent of HLB, 'Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus'. The bacterial titers were reduced after treatment ...[more]