SACRAMENTO, March 30, 2012 - Dipatimenti ya California ya Food and Agriculture (CDFA) ndi United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) lero zatsimikizira kuti boma lizindikire matenda a citrus omwe amadziwika kuti huanglongbing (HLB), kapena kubiriwira kwa citrus. Matendawa adapezeka mu zitsanzo za ku Asia za citrus psyllid ndi mbewu zomwe zidatengedwa mumtengo wa mandimu / pummelo m'dera la Hacienda Heights ku Los Angeles County.
HLB ndi matenda a bakiteriya omwe amakhudza dongosolo la mitsempha ya zomera. Sichiopseza anthu kapena nyama. Mbalame yotchedwa citrus psyllid imatha kufalitsa mabakiteriya pamene tizilombo timadya mitengo ya citrus ndi zomera zina. Mtengo ukangodwala matenda, palibe mankhwala; nthawi zambiri imachepa ndipo imafa pakangopita zaka zingapo.
“Citrus si gawo chabe lazachuma ku California; ndi gawo lofunika kwambiri la malo athu komanso mbiri yathu yogawana," adatero mlembi wa CDFA Karen Ross. "CDFA ikuyenda mwachangu kuteteza alimi a citrus m'boma komanso mitengo yathu yokhalamo komanso mitengo yamtengo wapatali ya zipatso za citrus m'mapaki athu ndi madera ena aboma. Takhala tikukonzekera ndikukonzekera izi ndi alimi athu ndi anzathu m'maboma ndi amderali kuyambira pomwe psyllid yaku Asia ya citrus isanawonekere koyamba kuno mu 2008. "
Akuluakulu akukonza zoti achotse ndikutaya mtengo womwe wakhudzidwa ndi matendawa ndikusamalira mitengo ya citrus mkati mwa 800 metres kuchokera pomwe adapeza. Pochita izi, malo ovuta kwambiri a matenda ndi ma vectors ake adzachotsedwa, zomwe ndizofunikira. Zambiri zokhudzana ndi pulogalamuyi zidzaperekedwa panyumba yodziwitsa anthu zomwe zakonzedwa Lachinayi, Epulo 5, ku Industry Hills Expo Center, The Avalon Room, 16200 Temple Avenue, City of Industry, kuyambira 5:30 mpaka 7:00 pm.
Chithandizo cha HLB chidzachitidwa ndi kuyang'anira bungwe la California Environmental Protection Agency (Cal-EPA) ndipo chidzachitidwa mosamala, ndi zidziwitso zapatsogolo ndi zotsatila zomwe zidzaperekedwa kwa anthu okhala m'deralo.
Kafukufuku wozama wa mitengo ya citrus ndi ma psyllids akuchitika kuti adziwe komwe akuchokera komanso kukula kwa matenda a HLB. Kukonzekera kwayamba kaamba ka kuika kwaokha malo okhudzidwawo kuti achepetse kufalikira kwa matendawa mwa kuletsa kuyenda kwa mitengo ya citrus, mbali za zomera za citrus, zinyalala zobiriwira, ndi zipatso zonse za citrus kusiyapo zomwe zimatsukidwa ndi kupakidwa malonda. Monga gawo la kuika kwaokha, zipatso za citrus ndi zomera zomwe zimagwirizana kwambiri m'malo osungiramo nazale zidzayimitsidwa.
Anthu okhala m'malo okhala kwaokha akulimbikitsidwa kuti asachotse kapena kugawana zipatso za citrus, mitengo, zodulidwa kapena zomangira kapena mbewu zina. Zipatso za citrus zitha kukololedwa ndikudyedwa pamalowo.
CDFA, mogwirizana ndi USDA, akuluakulu a zaulimi am'deralo ndi makampani a citrus, akupitirizabe kutsata njira yothetsera kufalikira kwa ma psyllids a ku Asia pamene ochita kafukufuku akugwira ntchito kuti apeze chithandizo cha matendawa.
HLB imadziwika kuti ikupezeka ku Mexico komanso m'madera ena akumwera kwa US Florida adazindikira koyamba kachilomboka mu 1998 komanso matendawa mu 2005, ndipo awiriwa apezeka m'maboma onse 30 omwe amapanga zipatso za citrus m'chigawocho. Yunivesite ya Florida ikuyerekeza kuti matendawa achulukitsa anthu opitilira 6,600 omwe ataya ntchito, $ 1.3 biliyoni adataya ndalama kwa alimi ndi $ 3.6 biliyoni pazachuma zomwe zidatayika. Tizilombo komanso matendawa amapezekanso ku Texas, Louisiana, Georgia ndi South Carolina. Maboma a Arizona, Mississippi ndi Alabama awona tizilombo koma osati matendawa.
Asian citrus psyllid idapezeka koyamba ku California mu 2008, ndipo malo okhalamo tsopano ali m'malo a Ventura, San Diego, Imperial, Orange, Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, San Bernardino ndi Riverside County. Ngati aku California akukhulupirira kuti awona umboni wa HLB m'mitengo ya citrus, akufunsidwa kuti ayimbire foni ya CDFA yaulere pa 1-800-491-1899. Kuti mudziwe zambiri za Asia citrus psyllid ndi HLB pitani: http://www.cdfa.ca.gov/phpps/acp/