Citrus Canker Outbreak
In 2004, an orchard on Evergreen farm was the site of the first detection of citrus canker in Central Queensland. A significant part of the citrus growing industry was devastated when a total of 6,000 acres (24 km2) of crop had to be destroyed so the disease would not spread across the country. In 2005 several fresh outbreaks were reported so the eradication expanded to include private backyard trees. The outbreak's cause has not been fully explained despite a federal inquiry. In 2009 authorities from the Government of Queensland declared the eradication program complete.
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Famous quotes containing the word canker:
“First try all other means, but if the wound
Heal not, then use the knife, lest to the clean
From the diseased the canker spread.”
—Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso)