Citrus Variegated Chlorosis
Xylella fastidiosa
Citrusbacterial
A sharpshooter-transmitted bacterial disease causing variegated leaf chlorosis and hardened, small fruit.
Symptoms
Variegated leaf chlorosis that mirrors the vein pattern, small hardened fruit, and canopy dieback in advanced cases.
Favorable conditions
- •Sharpshooter leafhopper vectors moving between infected and healthy trees
- •Infected propagation material
Management
- 1Control sharpshooter vector populations
- 2Remove infected trees
- 3Use certified, pathogen-tested propagation material
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