SHORT NOTES FOR UG

1. CITRUS CANKER
Dr. V. RAMESH
Assistant Professor & Head
Department of Botany
Vivekananda College
Tiruvedakam West – 625 234
ramesh.vnr09@gmail.com
+91 9842629245

4. SYMPTOMS:
Firstly symptoms on lower side &later on both side of
leaves
Attack on leaves, twig, petiole, branches, fruit, thrones
Small, round, watery, translucent raised, yellow brown
spots on leaves & old branches
Spots – white to greenish & finally rapture –rough corky
Rough lesions surrounded by–yellow brown to green
raised
margin & watery yellow halo
Crater like appearance is more common than leaves
Fruit lesion become rough & corky
Lesion confined only skin
Defoliation
Less price of fruits due to braking of skin
Disease – whole the year but more spared in rainy season

5. Lesions on leaf and Fruit Lesions on leaf
Lesions on Fruit Lesions on Stem

8. Ooze out of Bacteria from Infected Fruit

9. Control Measures or Disease Management

10. THANK YOU