citrus canker

noun

: a destructive disease of citrus caused by a bacterium (Xanthomonas axonopodis citri synonym X. campestris citri) that produces lesions on the leaves, twigs, and fruits

Examples of citrus canker in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Growers have also battled citrus canker, a disease that creates small lesions on the fruit and results in fruit falling earlier from the tree. —Steve Wilson | The Center Square, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 20 Dec. 2024

As instances of this nature may be mentioned English potato scab, silver scurf, chestnut blight disease and citrus canker, specimens of all of which had been secured by correspondence or requests for mycological assistance. —Hilda Gitchell, Scientific American, 26 Jan. 2023

State and federal officials will survey the area near where citrus canker was detected to assess the extent of the disease’s establishment. —J. Scott Trubey, ajc, 14 June 2022

The family had to get rid of their orange trees more than a decade ago because of citrus canker, a disease that can eventually stop trees from growing fruits. —Arlene Borenstein-Zuluaga, sun-sentinel.com, 4 Nov. 2021

In the fight against diseases, the university is using gene editing techniques to develop grapefruit plants resistant to citrus canker. —orlandosentinel.com, 20 Oct. 2021

The Florida Department of Agriculture had an ambitious program to counter citrus canker, an infectious disease that was damaging one of the most important industries in the state. —Lisa J. Huriash, sun-sentinel.com, 18 Oct. 2021

Topics include new research on citrus canker in satsuma cultivars and post-disaster options for growers who experienced losses in the 2020 hurricane season. —NOLA.com, 7 Feb. 2021

After all, canines have already demonstrated the ability to sniff out plant diseases, including citrus canker and plum pox virus, which infects peach, plum, and cherry trees. —Duncan Strauss, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Jan. 2020

Word History

First Known Use

1909, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for citrus canker

• anchor
• anker
• banker
• hanker
• rancor
• shanker
• tanker