EPPO Global Database

Citrus blight agent(CSB000)

Distribution details in Mexico

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 1997: Present, restricted distribution
Comments
Pre-1997, citrus blight was indicated in Mexico by a 1988 secondary bibliographic record (Aubert,1988). The basis of this record is not known.

EPPO Reporting Service (97/130): first record (according to Wutscher et al., 1997) in declining trees in Yucatan. Probably due to the recent planting of the blight-susceptible C. reshni and C. volkameriana as tristeza-resistant rootstocks, instead of the blight-resistant C. aurantium.
References
* Aubert, B. (1988) Fruits 43 (1), 49-58.

* Wutscher, H.K.; Cervantes, A.; Derrick, K.S. (1997) Citrus blight found in Yucatan, Mexico. Plant Disease, 81(5), p 551.
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
Belize Present, no details view...
Guatemala Present, no details view...
United States of America Hawaii Present, no details view...
United States of America Florida Present, no details view...
United States of America Present, restricted distribution view...
United States of America Louisiana Present, no details view...
United States of America Arizona Present, no details view...