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Surveillance teams looking for citrus canker in the Kimberley and Pilbara

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Citrus fruit and leaves infected with citrus canker.
Citrus canker is a serious bacterial disease which affects citrus plants leaves, twigs and fruit causing the fruit to fall to the ground before it ripens.(Supplied: Department of Agriculture and Water Resources)

Surveillance teams from the Department of Primary Industries will soon be looking for citrus canker in the Kimberley and Pilbara as part of its ongoing response to confirm the disease is absent in northern WA.

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Broome, Karratha, Kununurra, Port Hedland, Rural, Pests - Horticulture
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