Measles
Scientific Name
None - a disorder
Other common names
Citrus measles
Disease cycle
Measles can be graft transmitted.
Symptoms
Leaf - numerous pale yellow spots on leaves that can be seen on the upper leaf surface and appear tan to brown on the lower surface.
Whole tree - often a single branch or limb exhibits symptoms.
It should be noted that: Measles occurs on rare occasions. It tends to only occur on a few trees in a grove.
Host range
Measles has been observed on multiple sweet orange varieties.
Distribution
Measles has occurred in Florida and Brazil. Larger scale outbreaks have been reported in Brazil.
Easily confused with
Citrus varigated chlorosis (CVC), leprosis, and psorosis
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