IFAS Extension
Agriculture
Abstract
Citrus tristeza virus (CTV) is one of the most important pathogens affecting citrus worldwide. Tristeza was first reported in Florida in the 1950s. By the 1980s, it produced serious losses due to tree decline and death on sour orange and Citrus macrophylla rootstocks. Tree decline continues to be a problem today in groves that still have sour orange rootstock trees remaining. Due to CTV, few if any nursery trees are being propagated in Florida on sour orange, bittersweet or Citrus macrophylla rootstock.
About this Publication
This document is HS996, one of a series of the Department of Horticultural Sciences, UF/IFAS Extension. Original publication date February 2005. Revised September 2014, January 2018, and March 2023. Visit the Ask IFAS website at https://ask.ifas.ufl.edu/ for the currently supported version of this publication.
How to Cite
Futch, S. H., & Brlansky, R. H. (1969). Field Diagnosis of Citrus Tristeza Virus. EDIS, 2005(1). https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-hs242-2005
Authors
Stephen Futch
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University of Florida
Extension agent IV emeritus, Ph.D., citrus (multicounty), UF/IFAS Citrus Research and Education Center
R. Brlansky
Specialist
University of Florida
professor emeritus, Department of Plant Pathology, UF/IFAS Citrus Research and Education Center