The USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service and the Texas Department of Agriculture have established four new quarantined areas for citrus canker in Hidalgo County, Texas, and expanding one existing quarantined area for citrus canker in Cameron County, Texas, to prevent the spread of the disease.
APHIS said it confirmed citrus canker in citrus trees from residential areas in the Hidalgo, McAllen, Pharr and San Juan areas of Hidalgo County, and it developed new quarantined areas in the Lower Rio Grande Valley. APHIS said it found further detections of citrus canker in residential areas and has expanded the quarantined area in the Rancho Viejo area of Cameron County in the Lower Rio Grande Valley.
The Texas Department of Agriculture also established intrastate quarantined areas for citrus canker that parallel the federal citrus canker regulatory requirements.
Under the current citrus canker quarantine regulations, the interstate movement of citrus plants and plant parts, other than commercially packed and disinfected citrus fruit, remains prohibited. Citrus nursery stock that is moved following may move from areas quarantined for citrus canker.
