Other Plant Disease -- Burkina Faso
_Xanthomonas citri_ pv. _mangiferaeindicae_ is the causal agent of bacterial canker of mango (_Mangifera indica_, Anacardiaceae), a disease of international importance. Since the original description of the bacterium in the 1940s, the status of cashew (_Anacardium occidentale_, Anacardiaceae) as a host species has been unclear.
We report the 1st outbreak of a cashew bacterial disease in Burkina Faso (Western Africa) where _X. citri_ pv. _mangiferaeindicae_ recently emerged on mango. A
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