If you were offered a drink of tequila, beer or lemonade, but without lemon juice because it had disappeared from the list of Mexican food production, what would you do? How would these products taste like?
However difficult it may seem, lemons "are in real danger of extinction in the Mexican territory." This is how authorities from the three levels of government, scientists, entrepreneurs, producers and workers in the industry see this
situation.
situation.
With the possible eventual disappearance of lemon orchards and plantations in the country, other citrus such like oranges, limes and grapefruits could also join that terrible fate.
These are the reports that have been raised in Nayarit, Jalisco, Yucatan, and more recently in Colima, since April 6th 2010, when a powerful and deadly plague from China known as colloquially or as the Yellow Dragon arrived to Mexican territory.
Its scientific name is Huanglongbing (HLB), and this plague threatens to devastate plantations in Colima, in approximately six years.
Source: Elobservadormexico
