Hoʻomaka ka lāʻau lapaʻau no ka pepehi ʻana i ka citrus psyllid ʻĀsia ma nā kumulāʻau ma ka waiwai pilikino i ka Pōʻalua ma Redlands, ua ʻōlelo nā luna o ke Keʻena ʻAi a me ka Mahiai o Kaleponi.
Ma ka liʻiliʻi o ʻeono mau luina e hana ana ma Redlands a ʻoi aku ma mua o 30 ma ka ʻāina Inland ma ke ʻano he ʻāpana o ka hoʻoikaika ʻana e hoʻōki i ka pest, hiki ke lawe i kahi maʻi citrus make i kapa ʻia ʻo huanglongbing, a i ʻole citrus greening, wahi a Steve Lyle, ka luna o ka ʻoihana o ka lehulehu.
Hāʻawi nā hui i ka mālama manuahi ʻana i ka citrus a me nā mea kanu hoʻokipa ʻē aʻe ma ka waiwai pilikino ma nā wahi i ʻike ʻia ai nā psyllids, wahi a Lyle.
Ua mālama ke keʻena i nā hālāwai ʻano hale kaona ma Redlands a me Yucaipa i ka pule i hala aku nei ma hope o ka hāʻawi ʻana aku ma mua o 15,000 mau leka hoʻomaopopo i nā kamaʻāina o nā wahi i hoʻopilikia ʻia. ʻAʻole liʻiliʻi ka hele ʻana o ka hui ʻo Yucaipa, akā he mau haneli i hele i ka hālāwai ma Redlands i ke ahiahi Pōʻakolu.
"Pīhoihoi nā kānaka a pau i ka nui o nā poʻe i hōʻike mai," wahi a John Gardner, ke komisina mahiʻai ʻo San Bernardino County.
Ke kau nei nā luna mahiʻai i nā pahele pepeke ma nā kumulāʻau noho no nā mahina i mea e ʻimi ai i ka neʻe ʻana o ka psyllid i loko o ka ʻāina. I ka makahiki i hala aku nei, he kakaikahi wale no i loaa ma San Bernardino County. I kēia makahiki, me ka hoʻoilo mehana e hana ana i nā kūlana kūpono, ua pahū ka heluna kanaka psyllid.
ʻO kā lākou helu he nui loa a ua haʻalele nā luna o ka mokuʻāina a me nā luna mahiʻai i ka hoʻāʻo e holoi i ka iniseti ma Los Angeles a me ke komohana ʻo San Bernardino County, wahi a Gardner. I kēia manawa ke manaʻolana nei lākou e paʻa i ka laina ma ka hikina o ke awāwa ʻo San Bernardino, me ka pahuhopu e pale aku i ka pest mai ka laha ʻana i loko o nā ulu kalepa ma ke awāwa ʻo Coachella a me ka ʻākau a hiki i ke awāwa waena. He $1.9 biliona ka waiwai o ka ʻoihana citrus o Kaleponi i ka makahiki.
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