14 Facts About Citrus canker

Citrus canker is a disease affecting Citrus species caused by the bacterium Xanthomonas axonopodis.

Citrus canker groves have been destroyed in attempts to eradicate the disease.

Plants infected with citrus canker have characteristic lesions on leaves, stems, and fruit with raised, brown, water-soaked margins, usually with a yellow halo or ring effect around the lesion.

Clara H Hasse determined that citrus canker was not of fungoid origin but was caused by a bacterial parasite.

Citrus canker's research published in the 1915 Journal of Agricultural Research played a major part in saving citrus crops in multiple states.

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Quarantine measures are implemented in areas where citrus canker is not endemic or has been obliterated to prevent the introduction of X axonopodis.

Once citrus canker is introduced into a field, removal of the infected trees is enacted to halt further spread of the bacteria.

Citrus canker is thought to have originated in the area of Southeast Asia-India.

Citrus canker industry is the largest fresh-fruit exporting industry in Australia.

Citrus canker was detected again in April 2018 and confirmed in May 2018 in the Northern Territory and Western Australia.

Citrus canker is an important domestic and export crop for Brazil.

Citrus canker agriculture is the second-most important agricultural activity in the state of Sao Paulo, the largest sweet orange production area in the world.

Citrus canker was first found in the United States in 1910 not far from the Georgia – Florida border.

Citrus canker was detected again on the Gulf Coast of Florida in 1986 and declared eradicated in 1994.