Etymologies
- From the Mandarin 黃龍病 (Chinese: yellow dragon disease) (Wiktionary)
Examples
“The bacterial disease is also known as huanglongbing HLB or yellow dragon disease.”
“The disease -- which is also called huanglongbing or yellow dragon disease -- has already caused catastrophic damage to orange growing operations in Florida and Brazil, the report said.”
“The Asian citrus psylid is not a problem in itself, but carries an incurable bacterial disease called huanglongbing (HLB).”
“Jamaica's ministry of agriculture said Tuesday that it ordered the closure of the nurseries and banned the sale of all citrus plants in order to protect the $43 million industry from the citrus greening disease known as HLB huanglongbing.”
Voice of America: Disease Forces Closure of Jamaican Citrus Farms
“This video provides information about the citrus disease, huanglongbing also known as citrus greening.”
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“Officials said Wednesday it is the first time the huanglongbing disease has been detected on an Asian citrus psyllid west of the Rockies.”
“Agriculture and Fisheries has revealed that the citrus huanglongbing/citrus greening has now been detected in Clarendon.”
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A Nuncheon of Random Palavery
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Tweets
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hernesheir The internationally accepted name for citrus greening disease. It is spread by sap-sucking Asian citrus psyllids that carry the Candidatus bacterium that causes the disease. Aug 28, 2009