Izithelo zeCitrus zingenye yezinhlobo zezithelo ezithandwa futhi ezikhiqizwe kabanzi emhlabeni jikelele. I-Citrus ikhiqizwa ezifundeni ezikhulayo kuwo wonke amazwekazi ngaphandle kwe-Antarctica. Cishe izingxenye ezintathu kwezine zokukhiqizwa kwamawolintshi emhlabeni kukhiqizwa eNyakatho Nenkabazwe. Iningi lalesi sithelo likhiqizwa e-USA nasezindaweni ezizungeze iMedithera, kepha izwe okuyindawo enkulu kunazo zonke ezakhiqiza amalitrus emhlabeni wonke yiBrazil.
Ngokusekelwe kumanani wokukhiqiza, izithelo zezithelo zomdumo ziyimboni yezithelo enkulu kunazo zonke eNingizimu Afrika, futhi zigxile kakhulu emakethe yokuthumela ngaphandle. Imboni yezithelo zaseNingizimu Afrika ingumkhiqizi omkhulu kakhulu we-citrus eSouthern Hemisphere futhi ibiza ngaphezu kwamaphesenti angama-60 okuthunyelwa kwemvelo kwezwe laseNingizimu neNtsha. INingizimu Afrika iyizwe lesibili elikhulukazi elithumela ngaphandle, ngemuva kweSpain.
Izinhlobo zeCitrus zikhiqizwa ezifundeni ezahlukahlukene zesimo sezulu kulo lonke elaseNingizimu Afrika futhi imikhiqizo ikhula ngokushesha ezweni lonke. Izindawo eziphezulu zokukhiqiza zitholakala eWestern Cape, eMpumalanga Kapa, kanye noMfula i-Orange eNyakatho Kapa, KwaZulu Natali Midlands, eMpumalanga Kapa naseLimpopo.
Isizini yezithelo zamawolintshi zaseNingizimu Afrika iqala ngoFebhuwari ngama-ulamula bese iyaqhubeka kuze kube uSepthemba lapho sekuvunwa amawolintshi okugcina.
Amawolintshi aseNingizimu Afrika athengiswa lapha eNingizimu Afrika futhi athunyelwa emazweni angomakhelwane. I-Citrus nayo ithunyelwa eYurophu nase-UK, eMpumalanga Yurophu, eMiddle East kanye nase-Asia naseNyakatho Melika.
Izithelo zamawolintshi zinempilo kakhulu. Izithelo ziyadliwa futhi izigaxa nesikhumba zivame ukulahlwa.
I-zest, ungqimba lwangaphandle lwesikhumba, isetshenziselwa ukunambitha ukudla neziphuzo.
Ngaphandle kokudla izithelo, amawolintshi nawo ajwayelwa ujusi wezithelo. Izithelo ze-citrus kanye nojusi we-citrus nakho kumakhontrakthi, komile futhi kuqandisiwe.
Okukhishwe ku-citrus kusetshenziselwa izinjongo zokwelapha nezokugcoba.
Translated by Nsika Khoza