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Appendix H: Citrus Bacterial Canker: Outbreaks and Regulatory Response
Appendix H: Citrus Bacterial Canker: Outbreaks and Regulatory Response
Pages 213-216
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The response to CBC detection included the implementation of a quarantine to prevent the movement of citrus plants, the destruction of over three million nursery plants, and the removal of over a quarter million field trees. Eradication was declared a success in 1933 and regulatory detection surveys have continued to the present day since this initial CBC outbreak.
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However, because of the value of the fresh fruit industry and not every citrus production area in Florida was severely infected, there was still considerable support from the production industry to continue with a revised management program. Hence, the concept of a State-Federal-Commercial Industry Citrus Health Response Plan was launched.
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While legal battles for tree removal were being fought, inoculum sources remained during the declaration of moratorium in 1998 and the disease spread to new areas of the state through human movement. Tropical storms and hurricanes were optimal for bacterial spread (bacterial cells blown long distances by wind and carried in rain drops)
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