SACRAMENTO, Malaki 30, 2012 – Ua hōʻoia ka ʻOihana ʻAi a me ka Mahiai o Kaleponi (CDFA) a me ke Keʻena ʻOihana Mahiai o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa (USDA) i kēia lā i ka ʻike mua ʻana o ka mokuʻāina i ka maʻi citrus i kapa ʻia ʻo huanglongbing (HLB), a i ʻole ka ʻōmaʻomaʻo citrus. Ua ʻike ʻia ka maʻi ma kahi laʻana citrus psyllid Asian a me nā mea kanu i lawe ʻia mai kahi kumulāʻau lemon/pummelo ma kahi kaiāulu ma ka wahi o Hacienda Heights o Los Angeles County.
ʻO ka HLB he maʻi maʻi bacteria e hoʻouka i ka ʻōnaehana vascular o nā mea kanu. ʻAʻole ia e hoʻoweliweli i ke kanaka a me nā holoholona. Hiki i ka Asian citrus psyllid ke hoʻolaha i ka bacteria i ka ʻai ʻana o ka pest i nā kumulāʻau citrus a me nā mea kanu ʻē aʻe. Ke loaʻa ka lāʻau i ka maʻi, ʻaʻohe mea e ola ai; e emi ana a make i loko o kekahi mau makahiki.
“ʻAʻole ʻo Citrus kahi ʻāpana o ka ʻoihana mahiʻai o Kaleponi; He ʻāpana aloha ia o ko mākou ʻāina a me kā mākou moʻolelo like,” wahi a ke Kakauolelo CDFA ʻo Karen Ross. “Ke neʻe wikiwiki nei ʻo CDFA no ka pale ʻana i nā mea kanu citrus o ka mokuʻāina a me ko mākou mau kumu lāʻau noho a me nā mea kanu citrus waiwai nui i ko mākou mau paka a me nā ʻāina aupuni ʻē aʻe. Ua hoʻolālā a hoʻomākaukau mākou no kēia hanana me kā mākou mea ulu a me kā mākou mau hoa hana ma ka pae federal a me ka pae kūloko mai ka wā ma mua o ka ʻike mua ʻia ʻana o ka citrus psyllid ʻĀsia ma 2008.
Ke hana nei nā luna i nā hoʻonohonoho e wehe a hoʻopau i ka lāʻau i maʻi ʻia a mālama i ka mālama ʻana i nā kumulāʻau citrus i loko o 800 mika mai ka wahi i loaʻa. Ma ka hana ʻana i kēia mau hana, e hoʻoneʻe ʻia kahi waihona koʻikoʻi o nā maʻi a me kāna mau vectors, he mea nui ia. E hāʻawi ʻia nā ʻike hou aʻe e pili ana i ka papahana ma kahi hale wehe ʻike i hoʻonohonoho ʻia no ka Pōʻalima, ʻApelila 5, ma ka Industry Hills Expo Center, The Avalon Room, 16200 Temple Avenue, City of Industry, mai 5:30 a 7:00 pm.
E mālama ʻia ka lāʻau lapaʻau no HLB me ka nānā ʻana o ka California Environmental Protection Agency (Cal-EPA) a e mālama ʻia me ka palekana, me ka hoʻolaha mua a me ka hahai ʻana i hāʻawi ʻia i nā poʻe noho ma ka wahi lapaʻau.
Ke hoʻomaka nei kahi noiʻi koʻikoʻi o nā kumu lāʻau citrus a me nā psyllids no ka hoʻoholo ʻana i ke kumu a me ka nui o ka maʻi HLB. Ua hoʻomaka ka hoʻolālā ʻana no ka quarantine o ka wahi i hoʻopilikia ʻia e kaupalena i ka laha ʻana o ka maʻi ma o ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i ka neʻe ʻana o nā kumulāʻau citrus, nā ʻāpana mea kanu citrus, nā ʻōpala ʻōmaʻomaʻo, a me nā hua citrus a pau koe nā mea i hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻia a hoʻopaʻa ʻia. Ma ke ʻano o ka quarantine, e hoʻopaʻa ʻia ka citrus a me nā mea kanu pili pili i nā kahu hānai ma ia wahi.
Paipai ʻia ka poʻe noho o nā wahi quarantine ʻaʻole e wehe a kaʻana like i nā hua citrus, nā kumulāʻau, nā ʻokiʻoki/grafts a i ʻole nā mea kanu pili. Hiki ke ʻohi ʻia a ʻai ʻia nā hua citrus ma ka pūnaewele.
ʻO CDFA, ma ka hui pū ʻana me ka USDA, nā komisina mahiʻai kūloko a me ka ʻoihana citrus, ke hoʻomau nei i ka ʻimi ʻana i kahi hoʻolālā o ka hoʻomalu ʻana i ka laha ʻana o nā psyllids citrus Asian ʻoiai e hana ana nā mea noiʻi e ʻimi i kahi lāʻau no ka maʻi.
ʻIke ʻia ʻo HLB aia ma Mexico a ma nā wahi o ka hema o US Florida i ʻike mua i ka pest i ka makahiki 1998 a me ka maʻi i ka makahiki 2005, a ua ʻike ʻia lāua ʻelua i kēia manawa ma nā kalana hua citrus 30 a pau ma ia mokuʻāina. Ua manaʻo ke Kulanui o Florida ua piʻi ka maʻi ma mua o 6,600 mau hana i nalowale, $ 1.3 biliona i ka loaʻa kālā i nā mea ulu a me $ 3.6 biliona i nā hana hoʻokele waiwai. Aia pū ka pest a me ka maʻi ma Texas, Louisiana, Georgia a me South Carolina. Ua ʻike nā mokuʻāina o Arizona, Mississippi a me Alabama i ka pest akā ʻaʻole ka maʻi.
Ua ʻike mua ʻia ka psyllid citrus Asia ma Kaleponi i ka makahiki 2008, a ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia nā quarantines ma Ventura, San Diego, Imperial, Orange, Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, San Bernardino a me Riverside. Inā manaʻo ka poʻe Kaleponi ua ʻike lākou i nā hōʻike o ka HLB ma nā kumulāʻau citrus kūloko, noi ʻia lākou e ʻoluʻolu e kelepona i ka laina kelepona pest manuahi ʻole o CDFA ma 1-800-491-1899. No ka 'ike hou aku e pili ana i ka Asian citrus psyllid a me ka HLB kipa: http://www.cdfa.ca.gov/phpps/acp/