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Citrus canker: a new disease of Mexican lime (Citrus aurantifolia) and sour orange (C. aurantium) in Ethiopia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 March 2007

Eshetu Derso  and
Kamaruzaman Sijam
Eshetu Derso
Affiliation:
 Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research, Department of Plant Protection, Debre Zeit Agricultural Research Center, PO Box 24596 code 1000, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Kamaruzaman Sijam
Affiliation:
 Department of Plant Protection, University Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
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Abstract

Introduction. Citrus canker, caused by the bacterium Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. citri, is a serious disease of most commercial citrus cultivars and some citrus relatives. Surveys were conducted in small-scale farms, commercial plantations, backyard orchards and nurseries in order to quantitatively study the occurrence and distribution of the disease and determine the intensity and field host range. Materials and methods. Seventeen locations in four regional states of Ethiopia were surveyed. Incidence on leaves was determined by counting total number of leaves and expressed as a proportion of leaves with at least one lesion. Incidence on fruits was determined on attached fruits, recorded as presence or absence of the symptoms. Severity was also measured on leaves and fruits. The identity of the pathogen was confirmed by morphological, biochemical and physiological characterization and detached leaf tests of representative isolates. Results. The surveys indicated the occurrence of citrus canker in Ethiopia. Overall incidence on leaves was 71.4% of leaves with at least one lesion and severity was 26.8% of leaf area infected. Incidence on fruits was 30% of fruits infected and severity was 21.25% fruit area infected. Morphological, biochemical and physiological characterization and detached leaf tests of isolates indicated characteristics similar to X. axonopodis pv. citri. The host range for citrus canker in Ethiopia was limited to Mexican lime (C. aurantifolia) and sour orange (C. aurantium). Based on the field host range and detached leaf tests, it appears that the X. axonopodis pv. citri variant that occurs in Ethiopia has similar host ranges to that of atypical Asiatic (Xac-A*) form. Canker severity significantly correlated with temperature but not with rainfall, elevation or tree age. Conclusion. This is the first confirmed report of the disease in Ethiopia.

Keywords

EthiopiaCitrus aurantiumCitrus aurantiifoliaXanthomonasplant diseasespathogensidentificationgeographical distributionhost plantsÉthiopieCitrus aurantiumCitrus aurantiifoliaXanthomonasmaladie des plantesagent pathogèneidentificationdistribution géographiqueplante hôte
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Fruits , Volume 62 , Issue 2 , March 2007 , pp. 89 - 98
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© CIRAD, EDP Sciences, 2007

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