Present Status of Virus and Virus-like Diseases of Citrus in Nepal

Abstract

Since the importation of citrus from India in the 1960s, citrus huanglongbing (greening) and citrus tristeza virus have become widespread in Nepal. Other virus and virus-like diseases have also appeared and this paper reports on the incidence of exocortis, cachexia, woody gall and budunion crease. Symptoms of an impietratura-like disease were also observed in field trees.