Undiagnosed -- India
About 5000 orange growers of lower Assam's Kamrup district have been facing [a] crisis. It is famous for Khasi mandarin (_Citrus reticulata_), and this special variety is now on the verge of being wiped out.
Over the last 3 to 4 years, all my plants have been hit by diseases," laments a farmer. "Initially the crown leaves turn yellow. Then [the] whole plant gradually dries up and finally withers completely. The roots are decaying and stinking." New plants too were infected. For another
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