Izifo zeCitrus Huanglongbing zifunyenwe kwiHacienda Heights Area yaseLos Angeles County

I-SACRAMENTO, ngo-Matshi 30, i-2012 - iSebe laseCalifornia lokuTya kunye nezoLimo (CDFA) kunye neSebe lezoLimo lase-United States (i-USDA) namhlanje liqinisekisile ukufumanisa kokuqala kwelizwe kwisifo se-citrus esibizwa ngokuba yi-huanglongbing (HLB), okanye i-citrus greening. Esi sifo sifunyenwe kwisampuli yaseAsia ye-citrus psyllid kunye nesityalo esithathwe kumthi we-lemon / wepummelo kwindawo yokuhlala kwindawo yaseHacienda Heights yaseLos Angeles County.

I-HLB sisifo sebhaktheriya esihlasela i-vascular system yezityalo. Ayisosisongelo ebantwini okanye kwizilwanyana. IAsian citrus psyllid inokusasaza ibhaktheriya njengoko isitshabalalisi sitya imithi yesitrasi kunye nezinye izityalo. Xa umthi wosulelekile, awunyangeki; iyancipha kwaye ife kwiminyaka embalwa.

“Isitrasi asiyonxalenye nje yoqoqosho lwezolimo lwaseKhalifoniya; yinxalenye exabisekileyo yomhlaba wethu kunye nembali yethu ekwabelwana ngayo,” utshilo uNobhala weCDFA uKaren Ross. “I-CDFA ihamba ngokukhawuleza ukukhusela abalimi besitrasi karhulumente kunye nemithi yethu yokuhlala kunye nezityalo ezixabisekileyo zesitrasi kwiipaki zethu nakwamanye amasimi oluntu. Besicwangcisa kwaye silungiselela le meko kunye nabalimi bethu kunye noogxa bethu kumanqanaba omanyano nasekhaya ukusukela ngaphambi kokuba i-psyllid yase-Asiya iqale ukubhaqwa apha ngo-2008. ”

Amagosa enza amalungiselelo okususa nokulahla umthi owosulelekileyo kwaye aqhube unyango lwemithi yesitrasi kumgama weemitha ezingama-800 ukusuka kwindawo efunyenweyo. Ngokuthatha la manyathelo, i-reservoir ebalulekileyo yesifo kunye ne-vectors yayo iya kususwa, into ebalulekileyo. Ulwazi oluthe vetshe malunga nenkqubo luya kunikezelwa kwindlu evulelekileyo yolwazi ecwangciselwe uLwesine, ngoAprili 5, kwi-Industry Hills Expo Centre, The Avalon Room, 16200 Temple Avenue, City of Industry, ukususela ngo-5:30 ukuya kwi-7:00 pm.

Unyango lwe-HLB luya kuqhutywa ngokujongwa kwe-Arhente yoKhuseleko lweNdalo yaseCalifornia (i-Cal-EPA) kwaye iya kuqhutywa ngokukhuselekileyo, kunye nezaziso zangaphambili kunye nokulandelela ezinikezelwe kubahlali kwindawo yonyango.

Uvavanyo olunzulu lwemithi yesitrasi yendawo kunye neepsyllids luyaqhuba ukufumanisa imvelaphi kunye nobungakanani bohlaselo lwe-HLB. Sele kuqalisiwe ukucwangciswa kokuvalelwa yedwa kwindawo ehlaselweyo ukuze kuthintelwe ukusasazeka kwesi sifo ngokuthi kuthintelwe ukuhamba kwemithi yesitrasi, iinxalenye zezityalo zesitrasi, inkunkuma eluhlaza, nazo zonke iziqhamo zesitrasi ngaphandle kwezo zicocwa kwaye zipakishwe ngokwentengiso. Njengenxalenye ye-quarantine, izityalo ze-citrus kunye nezityalo ezinxulumene ngokusondeleyo kwiindawo zokuhlala kwindawo ziya kumiswa.

Abahlali beendawo ezivalelweyo bayabongozwa ukuba bangasusi okanye babelane ngeziqhamo ze-citrus, imithi, iinqumle / iigrafti okanye izixhobo zezityalo ezinxulumeneyo. Iziqhamo zesitrasi zinokuvunwa kwaye zisetyenziswe kwindawo.

I-CDFA, ngokubambisana ne-USDA, abakhomishinala bezolimo basekhaya kunye neshishini le-citrus, bayaqhubeka nokulandela isicwangciso sokulawula ukusasazeka kwe-Asian citrus psyllids ngelixa abaphandi basebenzela ukufumana unyango lwesifo.

I-HLB iyaziwa ukuba ikhona eMexico nakwiindawo ezisemazantsi e-US Florida yaqala ukufumanisa i-pest ngo-1998 kunye nesifo kwi-2005, kwaye ezimbini ngoku zifunyenwe kuzo zonke i-30 imimandla evelisa i-citrus kwelo lizwe. IYunivesithi yaseFlorida iqikelela ukuba esi sifo senze ngaphezulu kwe-6,600 yemisebenzi elahlekileyo, i-1.3 yeebhiliyoni zeedola kwingeniso elahlekileyo kubalimi kunye ne-3.6 yeebhiliyoni zeedola kuqoqosho olulahlekileyo. Isitshabalalisi kunye nesifo sikwakhona eTexas, eLouisiana, eGeorgia naseMzantsi Carolina. Amazwe ase-Arizona, Mississippi kunye ne-Alabama abone isitshabalalisi kodwa hayi isifo.

I-Asian citrus psyllid yabhaqwa okokuqala eCalifornia ngo-2008, kwaye iindawo zokuhlala zodwa ngoku zisendaweni yaseVentura, San Diego, Imperial, Orange, Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, San Bernardino kunye neRiverside counties. Ukuba abantu baseCalifornia bakholelwa ukuba babone ubungqina be-HLB kwimithi yesitrasi yendawo, bayacelwa ukuba bafowunele umnxeba we-CDFA ongahlawulelwayo wezinambuzane ku-1-800-491-1899. Ngolwazi oluthe kratya malunga ne-Asian citrus psyllid kunye ne-HLB tyelela: http://www.cdfa.ca.gov/phpps/acp/