Essay On Citrus Canker

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Citrus Terror: The Truth About Florida Citrus Over the last decade it has become more visible that the Florida citrus industry has taken a fall. A lack of fruit productions or the suddenly disappearing orange trees, the question arises “what is the cause of the downfall in the citrus industry?” From the time that citrus canker has showed up in Florida in 2005, it has done nothing but damage and hurt all citrus growers as well as the industry as a whole. Though citrus canker is a large topic only the cause and effects of canker in Florida as well as cure and preventatives will be discussed.
Leading sentence. Citrus canker is a bacterial infection caused by Xanrhomonas campestris pathovars citri. (Mlot). This pathogenic variant is one of about …show more content…

Due to the rapid growth of canker, disease control on leaves is impossible. Researchers have spent long hours and much time trying to find a cure but have come up short. The only “cure” to citrus canker would be to burn the infected trees. However there are different kinds of treatment to help manage such as copper sprays. Most infections occur between April and July on orange with three to four applications of copper-containing materials at 3-week intervals would be sufficient to obtain relatively clean fruit (“Homeowners”). Copper sprays should begin when the fruit is only ¾ inch diameter and applied at a three week interval until the fruit is fully grown. However copper does not move from wherever it is applied, meaning that as the fruit grows all of the new tissue it not protected by the copper.
Though there are preventatives for canker as well as ways to manage, there are also ways to keep from spreading the disease. Researchers state that washing ones hands with soap and water for 20 seconds or more as well as using hand sanitizers that are alcohol-based help to eliminate the bacteria and keep from being spread via human contact. Pruning tools and/or other tools that come in contact with citrus need to disinfected by a fresh solution of one ounce of household bleach to one gallon of water

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