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 2003: Present, no details
From CABI Disease map 011 (2006): Present, no details
References
* 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".


* 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.