ScienceDaily (May 8, 2012) — A plant pathologist at the University of California, Riverside has identified a fungus that has been linked to the branch dieback and general decline of several backyard avocado and landscape trees in residential neighborhoods of Los Angeles County.   The fungus is a new species of Fusarium. Scientists are working on characterizing its specific identification. ...
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In a lab not far from the Mexican border, the fight against a disease ravaging the worldwide citrus industry has found an unexpected weapon: spinach. A scientist at Texas A&M’s Texas AgriLife Research and Extension Center is moving a pair of bacteria-fighting proteins naturally occurring in spinach into citrus trees to fight a scourge commonly known as citrus greening. The ...
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SACRAMENTO, March 30, 2012 – The California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) and the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) today confirmed the state’s first detection of the citrus disease known as huanglongbing (HLB), or citrus greening. The disease was detected in an Asian citrus psyllid sample and plant material taken from a lemon/pummelo tree in a residential neighborhood ...
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Chemical treatment to kill the Asian citrus psyllid in trees on private property began Tuesday in Redlands, California Department of Food and Agriculture officials said. At least six crews are working in Redlands and more than 30 in the Inland region as part of an effort to stop the pest, which can carry a fatal citrus disease called huanglongbing, or ...
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A dangerous pest that is threat to Los Angeles’ many citrus trees has been spotted in Highland Park, according to the California Dept. of Food and Agriculture. The pest is called the Asian citrus psyllid, and it is confirmed to be in Imperial, San Diego, Orange, Ventura, Riverside, San Bernardino and Los Angeles counties, which has sparked quarantines in those ...
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