EPPO Global Database

Xanthomonas citri pv. citri(XANTCI)

Distribution details in Australia (Northern Territory)

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2021: Absent, pest eradicated
From CABI Disease map 011 (2006): Absent, pest eradicated
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (1997/177) : 20th Session of APPPC, Chiang Mai (TH). Found in 1993, eradication measures applied and not found since. Eradication successful.

EPPO Reporting Service (2018/101) : found again in April 2018 on Citrus aurantiifolia (ornamentals) near Darwin. Under eradication.

EPPO Reporting Service (2019/223) : eradication continues in Northern territory. Absent from all other states and territories.

EPPO Reporting Service (2021/096) : successfully eradicated in April 2021.
References
* Broadbent P, Fahy PC, Gillings MR, Bradley J, Barnes D (1992) Asiatic citrus canker detected in a pummelo orchard in Northern Australia. Plant Disease 76(8), 824-829.
------- Strain A was recorded in a young pummelo orchard near Darwin in 1991.

* INTERNET
- Australian Government.
Australian Government. Media statement: Detection of citrus canker in the Northern Territory. http://www.agriculture.gov.au/about/media-centre/media-releases/citrus-canker-nt
Northern Territory Government. Citrus canker. https://dpir.nt.gov.au/citrus-canker
Queensland Government. Industry alert – Citrus canker (Xanthomonas citri pv. citri). https://www.daf.qld.gov.au/business-priorities/plants/health-pests-diseases/industry-alert-citrus-canker

- IPPC website. Official Pest Reports.
AUS-89/1 of 2018-04-19. Xanthomonas citri subsp citri (Citrus canker) in Northern Territory. https://www.ippc.int/en/countries/australia/pestreports/2018/04/xanthomonas-citri-subsp-citri-citrus-canker-in-northern-territory/
AUS-95/3 of 2019-11-22. Xanthomonas citri subsp citri (citrus canker) – 2018 detection update. https://www.ippc.int/en/countries/australia/pestreports/2019/11/xanthomonas-citri-subsp-citri-citrus-canker-2018-detection-update/
AUS-100/1 of 2021-04-30. Eradication of Xanthomonas citri subsp. citri (citrus canker) from Australia. https://www.ippc.int/fr/countries/australia/pestreports/2021/04/eradication-of-xanthomonas-citri-subsp-citri-citrus-canker-from-australia/