PRESENT STATUS OF APRICOT CHLOROTIC LEAF ROLL IN FRANCE AND SURROUNDING COUNTRIES

Up to now, no efficient control method has been found yet to protect the apricot trees against the Chlorotic leaf roll, a mycoplasmal disease which in some European countries is the main cause of apricot decline.
While the vectors are not known, it is impossible to devise a rational program of protection against the natural spreading in orchards.
The safety of sanitary checking is also questionnable.
In areas where the disease is particularly severe, cross-protection with mild strains might bring a practical means of control.

II International Workshop on Apricot Culture and Decline, XXII IHC

G. Morvan

https://doi.org/10.17660/ActaHortic.1988.209.19