SACRAMENTO, Maris 30, 2012 – Sashen Abinci da Aikin Noma na California (CDFA) da Ma'aikatar Aikin Gona ta Amurka (USDA) a yau sun tabbatar da gano cutar citrus ta farko da aka fi sani da huanglongbing (HLB), ko citrus greening. An gano cutar a cikin samfurin psyllid na Asiya citrus da kayan shuka da aka ɗauka daga bishiyar lemo/pummelo a unguwar zama a yankin Hacienda Heights na gundumar Los Angeles.
HLB cuta ce ta kwayan cuta da ke kai hari ga tsarin jijiyoyin jini na tsirrai. Ba ya haifar da barazana ga mutane ko dabbobi. Citrus psyllid na Asiya na iya yada kwayoyin cuta yayin da kwaro ke ciyar da bishiyoyin citrus da sauran tsire-tsire. Da zarar itace ta kamu da cutar, babu magani; yawanci yana raguwa kuma ya mutu a cikin ƴan shekaru.
“Citrus ba kawai wani yanki ne na tattalin arzikin noma na California ba; wani yanki ne mai kima na yanayin yanayinmu da kuma tarihinmu dayawa,” in ji Sakatariyar CDFA Karen Ross. “CDFA tana tafiya cikin gaggawa don kare masu noman citrus na jihar da kuma bishiyar mu mazauna da ɗimbin shuka citrus masu daraja a wuraren shakatawarmu da sauran filayen jama'a. Mun kasance muna shiryawa da kuma shirye-shiryen wannan yanayin tare da manomanmu da abokan aikinmu a matakin tarayya da na gida tun kafin a fara gano citrus psyllid na Asiya a nan a cikin 2008."
Jami'ai na shirin cirewa da zubar da bishiyar da ta kamu da cutar tare da gudanar da maganin bishiyar citrus a cikin mita 800 daga wurin da aka gano. Ta hanyar ɗaukar waɗannan matakan, za a cire tafki mai mahimmanci na cututtuka da vectors, wanda yake da mahimmanci. Za a bayar da ƙarin bayani game da shirin a wani buɗaɗɗen bayani da aka shirya ranar Alhamis, 5 ga Afrilu, a Cibiyar Nunin Masana'antu Hills, Avalon Room, 16200 Temple Avenue, Birnin Masana'antu, daga 5:30 zuwa 7:00 na yamma.
Za a gudanar da jiyya don HLB tare da kulawar Hukumar Kare Muhalli ta California (Cal-EPA) kuma za a gudanar da ita lafiya, tare da sanarwa na gaba da biyo baya da aka bayar ga mazauna yankin da ake jiyya.
Ana ci gaba da gudanar da bincike mai zurfi na bishiyar citrus na gida da psyllids don tantance tushe da girman cutar HLB. An fara shirin keɓe yankin da cutar ta yi kamari don takaita yaduwar cutar ta hanyar takaita zirga-zirgar bishiyar citrus, sassan shukar citrus, dattin korayen, da duk 'ya'yan citrus sai dai abin da ake tsaftacewa da kuma tattara kaya. A matsayin wani ɓangare na keɓewar, citrus da tsire-tsire masu alaƙa a wuraren gandun daji a yankin za a ajiye su a riƙe.
An yi kira ga mazauna wuraren keɓe masu zaman kansu da kar su cire ko raba 'ya'yan itacen citrus, bishiyoyi, yankakken yankakken ko kayan shuka masu alaƙa. Za a iya girbe 'ya'yan itacen Citrus kuma a cinye su a wurin.
CDFA, tare da haɗin gwiwar USDA, kwamishinonin aikin gona na cikin gida da masana'antar citrus, na ci gaba da bin dabarun shawo kan yaduwar cutar citrus psyllids na Asiya yayin da masu bincike ke aiki don nemo maganin cutar.
An san HLB a Mexico kuma a wasu sassan kudancin Amurka Florida ta fara gano kwaro a cikin 1998 da cutar a cikin 2005, kuma yanzu an gano su biyu a duk yankuna 30 masu samar da citrus a cikin jihar. Jami'ar Florida ta yi kiyasin cewa cutar ta yi asarar ayyukan yi sama da 6,600, da dala biliyan 1.3 a cikin kudaden shiga ga manoma da kuma dala biliyan 3.6 a cikin ayyukan tattalin arziki da aka yi. Kwaro da cutar kuma suna cikin Texas, Louisiana, Georgia da South Carolina. Jihohin Arizona, Mississippi da Alabama sun gano kwaro amma ba cutar ba.
An fara gano citrus psyllid na Asiya a California a cikin 2008, kuma yanzu ana keɓe keɓe a cikin yankunan Ventura, San Diego, Imperial, Orange, Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, San Bernardino da Riverside. Idan Californians sun yi imanin sun ga shaidar HLB a cikin bishiyoyin citrus na gida, ana tambayar su don don Allah a kira layin kwaro na kyauta na CDFA a 1-800-491-1899. Don ƙarin bayani kan Asiya citrus psyllid da HLB ziyarci: http://www.cdfa.ca.gov/phpps/acp/