The orange, or sweet orange, is the fruit of a tree in the Rutaceae family, botanically a hybrid between the pomelo and the mandarin orange. It originated in a region spanning southern China, northeast India and Myanmar, with the earliest known mention of the sweet orange appearing in Chinese literature in 314 BC. Orange trees are now grown widely in tropical and subtropical regions, with Brazil the leading modern producer.
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Scientific NameCitrus × sinensis (sweet orange, a hybrid of pomelo and mandarin orange) 3 Domestication RegionSouthern China, Northeast India, and Myanmar 3 314 BC is the earliest known literary mention of the sweet orange, not a claimed domestication date. Domesticated When (Circa)earliest literary mention in Chinese literature, 314 BC 3 Era
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The Asian citrus psyllid is the principal vector of huanglongbing (citrus greening) in orange and other citrus.
Citrus canker (Xanthomonas citri) is a major bacterial disease of orange and other citrus.
Citrus tristeza virus has destroyed tens of millions of orange and other citrus trees globally.
Huanglongbing (citrus greening) is the most destructive disease of orange and citrus worldwide.
The Mediterranean fruit fly is a major quarantine pest of orange and other citrus fruit.
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1. USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database: USDA PLANTS profile data for Citrus sinensis
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"Durations": [ "Perennial" ]
2. Plants For A Future: Citrus sinensis
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The juice is often extracted from the fruit and sold as a refreshing and healthy drink or used in jellies, ice cream etc
3. Orange (Wikipedia)
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The orange, also called sweet orange to distinguish it from the bitter orange (Citrus × aurantium), is the fruit of a tree in the family Rutaceae.
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Botanically, this is the hybrid Citrus × sinensis, between the pomelo (Citrus maxima) and the mandarin orange (Citrus reticulata).
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The orange, also called sweet orange to distinguish it from the bitter orange (Citrus × aurantium), is the fruit of a tree in the family Rutaceae.
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The orange originated in a region encompassing Southern China, Northeast India, and Myanmar
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the earliest mention of the sweet orange was in Chinese literature in 314 BC.
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Some examples of targeted crops include cotton, tobacco, sweet corn, rice, peanuts, and even fruits such as apples, oranges, and many more.
Citrus Canker (Wikipedia)
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Infection causes lesions on the leaves, stems, and fruit of citrus trees, including lime, oranges, and grapefruit.
Citrus Tristeza Virus (Wikipedia)
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The CTV genome contains 12 open reading frames, which could encode at least 17 proteins. == Hosts and symptoms == CTV infects several species of the plant genus, Citrus, including sour orange (Citrus aurantium) and any Citrus grafted onto sour orange rootstock, key lime and Seville orange (C. × aurantifolia), Hassaku and sweet orange (C. × sinensis), grapefruit (C. × paradisi), and mandarin (C. reticulata).
Erythricium salmonicolor (Wikipedia)
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The host plants of greatest importance include rubber, tea, coffee, cacao, grapefruit, orange, nutmeg, mango, apple, coca, and kola.
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