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Agriculture · Q758

Plant Pathology

Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 758

Q758

Citrus greening disease mainly confined to

A.
North India
Answer
B.
South India
C.
East India
D.
All of these

Answer: Option A

Solution

Answer: Option A
Solution:
Citrus greening disease is mainly confined to North India.
Citrus greening disease is a disease of citrus caused by a vector-transmitted pathogen. The causative agents are motile bacteria, Liberibacter spp.
The distribution of the Asian citrus psyllid is a vector of the citrus greening disease, is primarily in tropical and subtropical Asia. The disease was first described in 1929 and first reported in China in 1943.