Due to the difficulty of performing pathogenicity tests in the orchard,
shoots of potted orange trees were inoculated in a greenhouse. Conidia
were harvested from six-day-old cultures growing on PCA, adjusted to a
suspension of 106
C. sinensis cv. Moro (blood orange) according to Peever et al. (1999).
conidia/ml and sprayed on young shoots and leaves of