''Xanthomonas pruni'' (

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''Xanthomonas campestris'' pv. ''pruni'', syn. ''Xanthomonas arboricola'' pv. ''pruni'') is a bacterial disease of almost all ''

Prunus ''Prunus'' is a genus of trees and shrubs, which includes (among many others) the fruits plums, cherries, peaches, nectarines, apricots, and almonds. Native to the North American temperate regions, the neotropics of South America, and the p ...

''.

Hosts

Almost all ''

'' spp.

Distribution

Unknown in stonefruit in California until detection in

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and northern

San Joaquin Valley The San Joaquin Valley ( ; es, Valle de San Joaquín) is the area of the Central Valley of the U.S. state of California that lies south of the Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta and is drained by the San Joaquin River. It comprises seven ...

in the spring of 2013. it is still restricted to those two areas. Also found in almond cultivation in Victoria, Australia.

Detection

Palacio-Bielsa ''et al.'', 2011 provides a

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-based

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Management

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and mancozeb are recommended in California for almonds and have served well elsewhere. No pesticides are registered for almonds anywhere in Australia.

Phage therapy Phage therapy, viral phage therapy, or phagotherapy is the therapeutic use of bacteriophages for the treatment of pathogenic bacterial infections. This therapeutic approach emerged at the beginning of the 20th century but was progressively rep ...

has been heavily studied for ''X. pruni'' and some treatments have been very successful. Civerolo & Keil performed several experiments in the 1970s with ' showing that peach and apricot were protected by external applications of solution.

Resistance

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to copper has occurred. No copper resistance in California.

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or tank mixing is recommended to forestall resistance.

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q4021713 Stone fruit tree diseases pruni Bacterial plant pathogens and diseases