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Question: Struggling Citriculture in Florida is a Source for Innovation in Horticultural Science
Answer: Citrus is one of the most grown fruit crops in the planet, and has very important economic value for several regions across the tropics
and subtropics. These include countries in the Northern Hemisphere such as United States of America and Mexico in the Americas, Spain,
Italy, Egypt, Turkey and Israel in the Mediterranean, China, India and Japan in Asia, and countries in the Southern Hemisphere such as
South Africa, Australia, Brazil, Uruguay and Argentina. This distribution of Citrus culture between both hemispheres warrants
transport of fruit between regions on a seasonal basis through regulated trade. However, with commercial transport of commodities
and increasing traffic of passengers among countries, new threats have appeared such as the spread of diseases. A dramatic example of this is
the spreading of the disease known as huanglongbing (HLB), the yellow dragon disease. HLB is the most economically devastating
disease of citrus worldwide, it was described for the first time in southern China in 1919 and is now known to occur in about 40
different countries around the globe.
(Source: Pustaka Negeri Sarawak, 11 Jun 2021)