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2021-04-13 05:35:26 GMT2021-04-13 13:35:26(Beijing Time) Xinhua English CANBERRA, April 13 (Xinhua) The potentially devastating citrus canker plant disease has officially been eradicated from Australia. Citrus canker damages citrus fruit it infects and causes unripe fruit to fall to the ground. The disease was found in Darwin, capital of the Northern Territory (NT), in April 2018, 14 years after Australia s last outbreak in Queensland where it destroyed 500,000 citrus trees. It has now been eradicated after more than 6,000 plants were destroyed and a national ban was implemented on NT citrus products. Anne Walters, the NT s Chief Plant Health Officer, said eradication of the disease was a big win for the industry. ....
Citrus canker plant disease gone from Australia after NT eradication The early detection of citrus canker has been a big help to eradication efforts. ( Print text only Cancel Citrus canker has officially been eradicated from Australia, three years after the plant disease was discovered in the Northern Territory. Key points: The disease was first found in the NT in April 2018 6,000 citrus plants were destroyed in efforts to eradicate the disease The bacterial disease causes brown spots to form on citrus fruit, leaves to drop and unripe fruit to fall on the ground, and is easily spread by infected fruit and leaves. ....
Environmental News For The Week Ending 16January 2019 This is a collection of interesting news articles about the environment and related topics published last week. This is usually a Tuesday evening regular post at GEI (but can be posted at other times). Please share this article - Go to very top of page, right hand side, for social media buttons. Note: Because of the high volume of news regarding the coronavirus outbreak, that news has been published separately: Summary: New US Covid infections for the week ending January 16th were 8.5% below those of the week ending January 9th, so it appears that the incidence of new cases mat have peaked and is turning down, at least for the time being. One caveat to that, though, is that we don t know how many of the prior week s cases were from reports that had been delayed over the holidays. For a check on that, we can compare new cases from the week ending January 16th to those from the week ending December 19t ....
Report: Michigan Ex-Gov. Snyder Charged in Flint Water Probe Former Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder, his health director and other ex-officials have been told they’re being charged after a new investigation of the Flint water scandal, which devastated the majority Black city with lead-contaminated water and was blamed for a deadly outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease, The Associated Press has learned. Two people with knowledge of the planned prosecution told the AP on Jan. 12 that the attorney general’s office has informed defense lawyers about indictments in Flint and told them to expect initial court appearances soon. They spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly. ....
ED WHITE and DAVID EGGERT FLINT Former Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder, his health director and other ex-officials have been told they’re being charged after a new investigation of the Flint water scandal, which devastated the majority Black city with lead-contaminated water and was blamed for a deadly outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease, The Associated Press has learned. Two people with knowledge of the planned prosecution told the AP on Tuesday that the attorney general’s office has informed defense lawyers about indictments in Flint and told them to expect initial court appearances soon. They spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly. ....