EPPO Global Database

Xanthomonas citri pv. citri(XANTCI)

Distribution details in Maldives

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2010: Present, no details
From CABI Disease map 011 (2006): Present, no details
References
* Lan Bui Thi Ngoc, Vernière C, Jouen E, Ah-You N, Lefeuvre P, Chiroleu F, Gagnevin L, Pruvost O (2010) Amplified fragment length polymorphism and multilocus sequence analysis-based genotypic relatedness among pathogenic variants of Xanthomonas citri pv. citri and Xanthomonas campestris pv. bilvae. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 60 (3), 515-525.

* Pallewatta N, Reaser JK, Gutierrez AT (eds.) (2003) Invasive Alien Species in South-Southeast Asia: National Reports & Directory of Resources. Global Invasive Species Programme, Cape Town, South Africa.
------- "an extremely aggressive strain of the bacterium during the 1980s killed majority of the local lime variety Citrus aurantifolia".

* Pruvost O, Hartung J S, Civerolo E L, Dubois C, Perrier X (1992) Plasmid DNA fingerprints distinguish pathotypes of Xanthomonas campestris pv. citri, the causal agent of citrus bacterial canker disease. Phytopathology. 82 (4), 485-490.

* Roistacher, C. N.; Civerolo, E. L. (1989) Plant Disease 73 (4), 363-367.
------- First record, on a number of islands (including the north and south Male'aolls and the southern island of the Laam atoll) in 1987. Strain A.