Citrus canker IDaids
This set of IDaids is the promised follow-up to the June article we published on Xanthomonas pathovars. These pathovars (pathogenic varieties within a species, abbreviated “pv.”) are characteristically host specific; Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. citri and Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. aurantifolii both cause citrus canker, one of the most serious citrus diseases found in the United States. Detection of either of these pathovars can lead to establishing and/or expanding quarantined areas to quickly contain the bacteria, as seen with two recent federal orders in both Texas and Louisiana.
EPPO Q-bank: Xanthomonas citri pv. aurantifolii
Ministry of Economic Affairs, Agriculture and Innovation, Netherlands
This database contains molecular sequences of Xanthomonas citri pv. aurantifolii. Click on the EPPO Global database link in the yellow box and then, under “Document” in the MENU find more information including data sheets in English and French.
Citrus Canker, Xanthomonas citri subsp. citri: Typical Symptoms on Grapefruit
Citrus Health Response Program, USDA
Here is a PDF screening aid with helpful, annotated symptomatic images of leaf top and bottom views and fruit lesions as seen on grapefruit.
Citrus Canker
American Phytopathological Society (APS)
This page describes signs and symptoms, pathogen biology, disease cycle, and epidemiology. Plus, the article has many images and a chart illustrating disease cycle.
Citrus Health Response Program: Citrus Canker Information
Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
This page covers citrus canker in Florida, including a fact sheet, photos, and citrus quarantine and disease detection maps.
Citrus Diseases - Citrus Canker Fact Sheet
United States Department of Agriculture, Identification Technology Program (ITP)
This fact sheet from ITP’s Citrus Diseases identification tool features many images and describes disease cycle, symptoms, host range, distribution and diseases citrus canker is easily confused with.
Guía para la Identificación y el Manejo de las Enfermedades Fúngicas y Bacterianas en Citrus (Guide to the Identification and Management of Fungal and Bacterial Diseases in Citrus)
Programa de Fortalecimiento de la Citricultura Correntina, Brazil
This PDF in Spanish covers over 15 citrus diseases with information on symptoms, hosts affected, and photos, illustrations, and comparative images of symptoms.