@article{Matos:254106,
      recid = {254106},
      author = {Matos, Luis A. and Cayetano, Xiomara A. and Feliz, Andrea  O. and Borbon, Julio C. and Puello, Humerto and Mendez,  Felipe and Melo, Ana L. and Castillo, Cristino},
      title = {EFFORTS TO MITIGATE, CONTAIN AND PREVENT CITRUS GREENING  IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC},
      address = {2010},
      number = {534-2016-38473},
      pages = {13},
      year = {2010},
      abstract = {Citrus Huanglongbing (HLB) is considered the most  important citrus disease around the world. HLB was first  reported in the Dominican Republic in September 2008. As a  result, the National Committee for an Integrated Management  of HLB has been created to take action to mitigate and  reduce the spread of the disease around the country. All  actions taken for mitigation are based on four important  aspects: (1) diagnosis of the disease using polymerase  chain reaction (PCR); (2) education opportunties for citrus  growers, nurserymen, and private and official technicians;  (3) quarantine or regulation of the movement of citrus  plants without healthy certification to eliminate and  eradicate infected plants; and (4) monitor and control the  psillid population. Under this program, more than three  thousand trees have been sampled and analyzed by PCR, and  more than 50 thousand trees have been scouted in the field.  HLB has been found in at least 12 out of 32 provinces of  the country, with the highest incidence around 24% in the  Puerto Plata area, where the disease was found for the  first time. It has allowed eliminating or eradicating more  than 20 thousand infected trees. Illustrative, informative  materials have been used to increase the general  understanding about the HLB, such as poster, brochures, and  other kinds of materials.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/254106},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.254106},
}