PRO/PL> Citrus viruses – Mediterranean region: alert

Other Plant Disease — Turkey
“Two serious viral diseases are affecting Turkey’s citrus cultivation and threatening all the Mediterranean countries.” This was reported by Antonino Catara, former president of the International Organisation of Citrus Virologists. “One of the 2 diseases is Citrus Chlorotic Dwarf, CCD, which mainly affects lemon and grapefruit plants. The disease, whose presence is currently reported only in Turkey, [affects] more than 60% of the plants in some provinces. The other disease [is] known as