Management of citrus canker in Argentina, a success story

Citrus canker is an important bacterial disease of citrus in several regions of the world. Strains of Xanthomonas citri type-A (Xc-A) group are the primary pathogen where citrus canker occurs. After Xc-A entered the Northeast of Argentina in 1974, the disease spread rapidly from 1977 to 1980 and the...

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Main Authors: Canteros, Blanca Isabel, Moschini, Ricardo Carlos, Gochez, Alberto Martin
Format: Artículo
Language:Inglés
Published: Korean Society of Plant Pathology 2018
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/1913
https://www.ppjonline.org/journal/view.php?number=338
https://doi.org/10.5423/PPJ.RW.03.2017.0071
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author Canteros, Blanca Isabel
Moschini, Ricardo Carlos
Gochez, Alberto Martin
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description Citrus canker is an important bacterial disease of citrus in several regions of the world. Strains of Xanthomonas citri type-A (Xc-A) group are the primary pathogen where citrus canker occurs. After Xc-A entered the Northeast of Argentina in 1974, the disease spread rapidly from 1977 to 1980 and then slowed down and remained moving at slow pace until 1990 when it became endemic. Citrus canker was detected in Northwest Argentina in 2002. This paper presents the main steps in the fight of the disease and the management strategies that have been used to control citrus canker at this time. We think the process might be usefull to other countries with the same situation. Results from more than 40 years of research in Northeast (NE) Argentina indicate that we are at the limit of favorable environment for the disease. The severity of citrus canker is greatly affected by the environment and El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) phenomenon which causes cyclic fluctuations on the disease intensity in the NE region. Weather-based logistic regression models adjusted to quantify disease levels in field conditions showed that the environmental effect was strongly modulated by the distance from a windbreak. Production of healthy fruits in citrus canker endemic areas is possible knowing the dynamics of the disease. A voluntary Integrated Plan to Reduce the Risk of Canker has been in place since 1994 and it allows growers to export unsymptomatic, uninfested fresh fruit to countries which are free of the disease and require healthy, pathogen free fruits. The experience from Argentina can be replicated in other countries after appropriate trials.
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spelling INTA19132022-10-31T11:54:38Z Management of citrus canker in Argentina, a success story Canteros, Blanca Isabel Moschini, Ricardo Carlos Gochez, Alberto Martin Enfermedades de las Plantas Citrus Control de Enfermedades Plant Diseases Varieties Disease Control Argentina Cancrosis Citrus canker is an important bacterial disease of citrus in several regions of the world. Strains of Xanthomonas citri type-A (Xc-A) group are the primary pathogen where citrus canker occurs. After Xc-A entered the Northeast of Argentina in 1974, the disease spread rapidly from 1977 to 1980 and then slowed down and remained moving at slow pace until 1990 when it became endemic. Citrus canker was detected in Northwest Argentina in 2002. This paper presents the main steps in the fight of the disease and the management strategies that have been used to control citrus canker at this time. We think the process might be usefull to other countries with the same situation. Results from more than 40 years of research in Northeast (NE) Argentina indicate that we are at the limit of favorable environment for the disease. The severity of citrus canker is greatly affected by the environment and El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) phenomenon which causes cyclic fluctuations on the disease intensity in the NE region. Weather-based logistic regression models adjusted to quantify disease levels in field conditions showed that the environmental effect was strongly modulated by the distance from a windbreak. Production of healthy fruits in citrus canker endemic areas is possible knowing the dynamics of the disease. A voluntary Integrated Plan to Reduce the Risk of Canker has been in place since 1994 and it allows growers to export unsymptomatic, uninfested fresh fruit to countries which are free of the disease and require healthy, pathogen free fruits. The experience from Argentina can be replicated in other countries after appropriate trials. EEA Bella Vista Fil: Canteros, Blanca Isabel. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Bella Vista; Argentina Fil: Moschini, Ricardo Carlos. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Instituto de Clima y Agua; Argentina Fil: Gochez, Alberto Martín. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Bella Vista; Argentina 2018-02-28T16:56:50Z 2018-02-28T16:56:50Z 2017 info:ar-repo/semantics/artículo info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/1913 https://www.ppjonline.org/journal/view.php?number=338 2093-9280 https://doi.org/10.5423/PPJ.RW.03.2017.0071 eng info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) application/pdf Korean Society of Plant Pathology The Plant Pathology Journal 33 (5) : 441-449 (2017)
spellingShingle Enfermedades de las Plantas
Citrus
Control de Enfermedades
Plant Diseases
Varieties
Disease Control
Argentina
Cancrosis
Canteros, Blanca Isabel
Moschini, Ricardo Carlos
Gochez, Alberto Martin
Management of citrus canker in Argentina, a success story
title Management of citrus canker in Argentina, a success story
title_full Management of citrus canker in Argentina, a success story
title_fullStr Management of citrus canker in Argentina, a success story
title_full_unstemmed Management of citrus canker in Argentina, a success story
title_short Management of citrus canker in Argentina, a success story
title_sort management of citrus canker in argentina a success story
topic Enfermedades de las Plantas
Citrus
Control de Enfermedades
Plant Diseases
Varieties
Disease Control
Argentina
Cancrosis
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/1913
https://www.ppjonline.org/journal/view.php?number=338
https://doi.org/10.5423/PPJ.RW.03.2017.0071
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