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PRO/PL> Chlorotic leaf roll, apricot – Hungary
Other Plant Disease -- HungaryResearchers and agronomists from Hungarian institutions have joined forces in an attempt to save the country's remaining apricot trees. As elsewhere in Europe -- most notably in France -- apricot trees are threatened by a phytoplasma disease called chlorotic leafroll, or witches' broom by its popular name.The disease has been a major concern in Hungary since the early 2000s and current research focuses on two possibilities: creating apricot trees resistant -- or at least Read more [...]
