Citrus Greening -- Mexico
[Asian greening disease] reduced Oaxaca's lime production by 50 000 tons, which accounts for 40 per cent of the state's total. The pest is currently present in 2000 hectares [about 4942 acres] of citrus, that is, 20 per cent of the plantations. As a result, lime prices have increased, stated Joaquin Fernandez Grajales, citrus product system civil association.
He said that Oaxaca was the country's 3rd biggest producer of Mexican and Persian limes. The disease was only detected in Mexico in
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