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Evaluation Of Control Strategies For The Spread Of Citrus Greening, Vicente Valle Martinez
Evaluation Of Control Strategies For The Spread Of Citrus Greening, Vicente Valle Martinez
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Huanglongbing, also known as citrus greening, is a vector-based disease in citrus (with no cure known to date) that has drastically affected the citrus production in Florida in less than a decade and has been recently detected in Texas and California. In this paper, an epidemic model of the spatial spread of the disease is implemented among commercial and residential groves by taking into consideration the diffusion patterns of the psyllid vectors. A system of differential equations resembling one for malaria infection in humans is derived to evaluate different control methods such as quarantine, treatment, removal, foliar treatment, and pest …