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The following is a list of diseases in citrus plants. Bacterial diseases. Bacterial diseases; ... Viral diseases; Citrus mosaic Satsuma dwarf-related virus:
The Ponkan (Citrus reticulata), a mandarin–pomelo hybrid [4] [9] The Dancy tangerine ( Citrus tangerina ) is a hybrid, the cross of a Ponkan with another unidentified hybrid mandarin. [ 2 ] Until the 1970s, most tangerines grown and eaten in the US were Dancys, and it was known as "Christmas tangerine" [ 13 ] and zipper-skin tangerine [ 14 ]
Hoyt in turn gave budwood to his nephew, Charles Murcott Smith, for whom the variety was named. Smith was growing the resulting trees in 1922 at his nursery in Bayview, Pinellas County, Florida, now a neighborhood in Clearwater. [1] [5] The trees grow upright, but often have branches bent or broken by heavy fruiting at the ends. [1]
A mandarin orange (Citrus reticulata), often simply called mandarin, is a small, rounded citrus tree fruit. Treated as a distinct species of orange , it is usually eaten plain or in fruit salads. The mandarin is small and oblate, unlike the roughly spherical sweet orange (which is a mandarin- pomelo hybrid ).
Changsha mandarin Citrus reticulata 'Changsha' −11 °C (12 °F) Edible but seedy Long cultivated in China Kumquat: Citrus japonica: −10 °C (14 °F) [3] Edible Fruit eaten whole with a sweet skin and sour pulp Desert lime: Citrus glauca: −10 °C (14 °F) Edible, Used in cooking. Fruit eaten whole Satsuma: Citrus reticulata 'Unshiu', syn ...
The Cleopatra mandarin, originated in India and introduced into Florida from Jamaica in the mid-nineteenth century, has been distributed and tested as a rootstock throughout the world. Nowadays, however, it is considered an inferior rootstock because it is sensitive to many diseases, grows slowly, and is difficult to propagate. [5]
CSD is an unusual case of a plant disease shared between a vector, weed, and unrelated crop. [2]: 8 Symptoms of Citrus Stubborn disease are most prominent in immature plants but still appear on established trees. [8] The primary symptom of Citrus Stubborn disease is the irregularity of fruit on the same tree.
Citrus greening is distinguished by the common symptoms of yellowing of the veins and adjacent tissues (hence the "yellow dragon" name given by observing Chaozhou farmers as early as the 1870s [1]); followed by splotchy mottling of the entire leaf, premature defoliation, dieback of twigs, decay of feeder rootlets and lateral roots, and decline in vigor, ultimately followed by the death of the ...