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A Disease of seedling lime trees in the Cape Coast district, Gold Coast Colony, is threatening to destroy the industry. Research has revealed the cause of the malady to be a virus existing in at least two strains. In the first of these, symptoms include a one-sided death of the tree coupled with veinal fleckings on the young leaves and severe pitting of the trunks and branches. In the other, conspicuous dwarfing together with the usual veinal symptoms and subsequent death occur. Most sweet citrus and rough lemon appear to be symptomless carriers of the virus.
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HUGHES, W., LISTER, C. Lime Disease in the Gold Coast. Nature 164, 880 (1949). https://doi.org/10.1038/164880a0
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