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First Report of Xylella fastidiosa in Avocado in Costa Rica
(2008-01)
Since the late 1990s, chlorotic mottling, marginal scorch, deformation of leaves, defoliation, shortening of internodes, and branch dieback have been observed in avocado trees (Persea americana Mill.) in Costa Rica. The ...
Isolation and molecular characterization of Xylella fastidiosa from coffee plants in Costa Rica.
(2008-10)
Coffee plants exhibiting a range of symptoms including mild to severe curling of leaf margins, chlorosis and deformation of leaves, stunting of plants, shortening of internodes, and dieback of branches have been reported ...
Infección de la orquídea terrestre Phaius tankervillae (Orchidaceae) con el cymbidium mosaic potexvirus (CymMV) en Costa Rica
(1999)
En 1996, en un pequeño vívero comercial en la zona oeste del Valle Central de Costa Rica se observaron plantas de la orquídea terrestres Phaius tankervilliae que mostraban síntomas foliares de leves a severos de un estriado ...
Estudio de la distribución de las enfermedades virosas de la caña de azúcar en Costa Rica
(2006)
El estudio de las enfermedades de origen viral requiere de técnicas inmunológicas de alta precisión y confiabilidad. Haciendo uso de estas herramientas y con el apoyo del Ministerio de Ciencia y Tecnología y del Centro de ...
First Report of Xylella fastidiosa Infecting Citrus in Costa Rica
(2005-06)
Citrus variegated chlorosis (CVC) is an important disease mainly of sweet orange (Citrus sinensis (L.) Osbeck) cultivars. It was first described in Brazil in the state of Sā Paulo in 1987 (4). The disease has spread to all ...
Chayote mosaic, a new disease in Sechium edule caused by a tymovirus
(1997-04)
A sap-transmissible virus was isolated from chayote (Sechium edule) in Costa Rica. Infected plants showed chlorotic spots and rings, and blotchy mosaics, which often coalesced to give a complete mosaic and leaf deformation. ...
First Report of the Cymbidium Mosaic Potexvirus (CymMV) Infecting the Terrestrial Orchid Phaius tankervilliae in Costa Rica
(1998-10)
In 1996, plants of the terrestrial orchid Phaius tankervilliae from a nursery in the Central Valley of Costa Rica were observed with mild to severe foliar symptoms of chlorotic streak. No differences were observed in growth, ...
Detección del viroide de la exocortis en plantaciones comerciales, utilizando la selección 861-S1 del cidro Etrog (Citrus medica L.)
Detection of CEVd in an orange grove using the Arizona 861-S1 selection of the ‘Etrog’ citron
(2004)
La prueba de infectividad empleada tradicionalmente para el viroide de la exocortis consiste en injertar yemas de los árboles por evaluar en clones sensibles, como el cidro Arizona 861-S1, el cual ha sido previamente ...
First report of Xylella fastidiosa infecting coffee in Costa Rica
(2001-09)
In 1995, severe symptoms were observed on ‘Caturra’ and ‘Catuaí’ coffee (Coffea arabica L.) varieties in farms in the southern part of the Central Valley in Costa Rica. Symptoms were reduced leaf size, malformation of ...
First report of Sugarcane yellow leaf virus (ScYLV) in Costa Rica
(2001-03)
In Costa Rica, sugarcane plants with symptoms similar to those described for yellow leaf syndrome (YLS) (1,2) were first observed in 1994 in research plots of imported material in the midland areas of San Carlos and ...