Delivery of the Cancer/Greening report is open until the 15th in São Paulo.

The São Paulo Agricultural Defense Agency is alerting producers that the deadline for submitting the Citrus Canker/Greening report is next Wednesday, July 15th. The inspection results must be entered into the computerized Animal and Plant Health Management System (Gedave), and must contain the results of the quarterly inspections for citrus canker and HLB/Greening carried out between January 1st and June 30th, 2026, on all citrus plants on the property. 

The delivery of reports with real data allows the Agricultural Defense technical team to have accurate information on the spread and incidence of diseases, enabling better targeting of plant protection actions and public policies.

According to SDA/Mapa Ordinance No. 1.326, of July 4, 2025, which establishes the National Program for Prevention and Control of HLB (PNCHLB), the elimination of symptomatic plants must be carried out, and the criteria are now defined by the states. However, monitoring and control of the psyllid, the insect vector of HLB/Greening, is mandatory in all orchards, regardless of age.

In the State of São Paulo, delivery of the report is mandatory for all producers regardless of the age of the plants and delay or non-delivery subjects the producer to the sanctions provided for in State Decree No. 45.211, of September 19, 2000.

New procedures

Published on May 28th, Resolution No. 32 of 2026 from the Secretariat of Agriculture and Supply (SAA) established new measures to be adopted by producers for the prevention and control of HLB/Greening. The publication, which revokes Resolution SAA No. 88/2021, introduces a new measure: bi-weekly (every 15 days) monitoring of the Psyllid (diaphorina citri), insect vector of the disease in orchards of any age and control to prevent the egg-to-adult cycle from being completed. 

The Resolution also proposes the regionalization of the State between municipalities with higher or lower incidence of the disease. From now on, the municipalities of São Paulo will be divided between localities with low or high incidence of HLB/Greening. Municipalities with an incidence of up to 10% of contaminated orchards will be considered low, and above that, high incidence. 

Furthermore, the publication makes the eradication of diseased plants more flexible, since, according to this Resolution, producers who have diseased adult trees and whose production areas are in municipalities with a high incidence of disease no longer need to carry out compulsory eradication. In these locations, elimination is only required for new plants, up to three (3) years old. In municipalities with low incidence, eradication remains mandatory for all ages. 

Another update introduced concerns interstate transportation, as it becomes mandatory to process and brush the fruit before transit from São Paulo to other states, aiming to eliminate leaves or branches that could become potential vectors of the disease. The exception to the brushing step applies solely to the Ponkan tangerine. 

Classification by municipalities

This week, following the publication of Defense Ordinance No. 46/2026, the following locations were defined as municipalities with low incidence of the disease:

Adamantina, Alfredo Marcondes, Alto Alegre, Álvares Machado, Andradina, Anhumas, Aparecida d'Oeste, Araçatuba, Arco-Íris, Aspásia, Assis, Auriflama, Avanhandava, Barbosa, Bastos, Bento de Abreu, Bilac, Birigui, Borá, Braúna, Brejo Alegre, Caiabu, Caiuá, Castilho, Clementina, Coroados, Cruzália, Dirce Reis, Dolcinópolis, Dracena, Emilianópolis, Estrela do Norte, Estrela d'Oeste, Euclides da Cunha Paulista, Fernandópolis, Flora Rica, Flórida Paulista, Florínia, Gabriel Monteiro, General Salgado, Glicério, Guaraçaí, Guarani d'Oeste, Guararapes, Guzolândia, Herculândia, Iacri, Iepê, Ilha Solteira, Indiana, Indiaporã, Inúbia Paulista, Irapuru, Itapura, Jales, João Ramalho, Junqueirópolis, Lavínia, Lucélia, Luiziânia, Lutécia, Macedônia, Marabá Paulista, Maracaí, Mariápolis, Marinópolis, Martinópolis, Mesópolis, Mira Estrela, Mirandópolis, Mirante do Paranapanema, Monte Castelo, Murutinga do Sul, Nantes, Narandiba, Nova Canaã Paulista, Nova Castilho, Nova Guataporanga, Nova Independência, Osvaldo Cruz, Ouroeste, Ouro Verde, Pacaembu, Palmeira d'Oeste, Panorama, Paraguaçú Paulista, Paranapuã, Parapuã, Paulicéia, Pedrinhas Paulista, Penápolis, Pereira Barreto, Piacatu, Piquerobi, Pirapozinho, Pontalinda, Populina, Pracinha, Presidente Bernardes, Presidente Epitácio, Presidente Prudente, Presidente Venceslau, Quatá, Queiroz, Quintana, Rancharia, Regente Feijó, Ribeirão dos Índios, Rinópolis, Rosana, Rubiácea, Rubinéia, Sagres, Salmourão, Sandovalina, Santa Albertina, Santa Clara d'Oeste, Santa Fé do Sul, Santa Mercedes, Santana da Ponte Pensa, Santa Rita d'Oeste, Santa Salete, Santo Anastácio, Santo Antônio do Aracanguá, Santo Expedito, Santópolis do Aguapeí, São Francisco, São João das Duas Pontes, São João de Iracema, São João do Pau d'Alho, Sud Mennucci, Suzanápolis, Taciba, Tarabai, Tarumã, Teodoro Sampaio, Três Fronteiras, Tupã, Tupi Paulista, Turmalina, Urânia, Valparaíso and Vitória Brasil.

According to the decree, all other municipalities in the State of São Paulo are now classified as locations with a high incidence of the disease.