Citrus canker

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Hosts of Xanthomonas axonopodis subsp. citri

Primary hosts

(Source: National Diagnostic Protocol for Citrus canker) 

Aegle marmelos (bael fruit)

Citrus, Citrus aurantiifolia (lime)

Citrus aurantium (sour orange)

Citrus maxima (pummelo)

Citrus hystrix

Citrus junos (yuzu)

Citrus limon (lemon)

Citrus limetta (sweet lemon tree)

Citrus madurensis (calamondin)

Citrus medica (citron)

Citrus natsudaidai (natsudaidai)

Citrus x paradisi (grapefruit)

Citrus sunki (sour mandarin)

Citrus reticulata (mandarin)

Citrus reshni (cleopatra mandarin)

Citrus sinensis (navel orange)

Citrus tankan

Citrus unshiu (satsuma)

Citrus reticulata x Poncirus trifoliata (citrumelo)

Casimiroa edulis (casimiroa)

Eremocitrus glauca (Australian desert lime)

Limonia acidissima (elephant apple)

Poncirus trifoliata (Trifoliate orange)

Secondary hosts 

(Source: National Diagnostic Protocol for Citrus canker) 

Aeglopsis chevalieri

Atalantia ceylonica

Atalantia citrioides

Atalantia disticha

Chalcas exotica

Casimiroa edulis

Chaetospermum glutinosum

Clausena lansium

Citropsis schweinfurthii

Eremocitrus glauca

Evodia latifolia

Evodia ridleyei

Feronia limonia [Limonia acidissima]

Feroniella lucida 

Feroniella crassifolia

Fortunella hindsii

Fortunella japonica

Fortunella margarita

Hesperethusa crenulata

Lansium domesticum 

Melicope triphylla 

Microcitrus australasica 

Microcitrus australasica var. sanguinea 

Microcitrus australis 

Microcitrus garrowayi 

Paramignya monophylla 

Paramignya longipedunculata

Poncirus trifoliata 

Xanthoxylum clava-herculis [Zanthoxylum clava-herculis] 

Xanthoxylum fagara [Zanthoxylum fagara]

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