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bacterial canker

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bacterial canker [bak′tir·ē·əl ′kaŋ·kər]
(plant pathology)


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Bacterial canker causes a gradual deterioration of the tree over a number of years, producing scabby dark brown lesions on the stems and, if the tree is old this can kill the tree easily.
David Lonsdale said he believes that bacterial canker of poplar (Xanthomonas populi) may have originated in aspens and while it ruins the commercial value of trees an increasingly warmer climate may well mean that it becomes less of a problem in future.
This unpleasant bacterium leads to the laurel dieback disease called bacterial canker.
 
 
 
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