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There’s a pest that shows up now and again that does so much damage to tomatoes and potatoes that gardeners shudder whenever you mention its name. Like ghost stories around a campfire, its frightening ...
California's $7 billion citrus industry may be at stake as psyllids continue to spread throughout the state, causing a deadly citrus tree disease. Asian Citrus Psyllids (Diaphorina Citri) is a ...
Pesticide spraying for Asian citrus psyllids — a tiny louse that can carry the dreaded huanglongbing (HLB) bacteria — by the state started in the Carpinteria area this past week and is moving toward ...
In the Voice “The Day of the Psyllids”, Ken Doty and Sam Frye write about the need to use pesticides to control a disease that could kill citrus groves. I met Doty at a town meeting in Summerland a ...
Butte County is known for its delicious citrus. Mandarins are grown commercially in our “banana belt” foothills, and residents in the valley can enjoy citrus grown in their own gardens. However, a ...
New research shows that the Asian citrus psyllid, the vector of citrus greening disease, does not do well at high elevations, and that populations drop to zero at 600 meters or more above sea level.
Researchers use invisible lasers, ghastly wasps and more trickery to protect orange groves Asian citrus psyllids transmit a disease that can ruin your oranges. Even worse, Argentine ants protect them ...
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