From the Chron:
On July 22, the Texas Department of Agriculture temporarily banned the sale of citrus plants in Harris County after citrus greening disease was identified in stock at a retail nursery near Webster.
Hidalgo and Cameron counties also are under the quarantine designed to slow the spread of the plant disease, which causes misshapen, irregularly colored and bitter fruit, and leathery leaves with yellow or clear veins. Once a tree is infected with citrus greening, also known as Huanglongbing or yellow dragon disease, there is no cure, the department reports.
The disease eventually stops production, and a tree can die within five years. Millions of acres of citrus crops have been wiped out across the U.S.
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