Ukwelashwa ngamakhemikhali okubulala i-psyllid yase-Asian citrus ezihlahleni ezisendaweni yomuntu kuqale ngoLwesibili eRedlands, kusho izikhulu zoMnyango Wezokudla Nezolimo eCalifornia.
Okungenani abasebenzi abayisithupha basebenza eRedlands nabangaphezu kuka-30 esifundeni esise-Inland njengengxenye yomzamo wokunqanda lesi zinambuzane, esingathwala isifo esibulalayo samawolintshi esibizwa ngokuthi i-huanglongbing, noma i-citrus greening, kusho uSteve Lyle, umqondisi womnyango wezindaba zomphakathi.
Amathimba ahlinzeka ngokwelashwa kwamahhala kwezithelo ezisawolintshi nezinye izitshalo ezihlala endaweni yangasese ezindaweni lapho kutholwe khona ama-psyllids, kusho uLyle.
Umnyango ube nemihlangano efana nehholo ledolobha eRedlands naseYucaipa ngeledlule ngemuva kokwethula izaziso ezingaphezu kuka-15,000 kubahlali bezindawo ezihlaselwe yizikhukhula. Umhlangano waseYucaipa awuzange ube nenani elincane lababekhona, kodwa amakhulu aya kowaseRedlands ngoLwesithathu kusihlwa.
“Wonke umuntu umangele ngempela ukuthi bangaki abantu abafikile,” kusho uJohn Gardner, ukhomishana wezolimo eSan Bernardino County.
Izikhulu zezoLimo sezinezinyanga zilenga izingibe zezinambuzane ezihlahleni ezihlala abantu bezama ukulandelela ukuthi i-psyllid yafudukela e-Inland. Ngonyaka odlule, kwatholakala abambalwa kuphela eSan Bernardino County. Kulo nyaka, ngobusika obufudumele budala izimo ezinhle, inani labantu be-psyllid liye laqhuma.
Izibalo zabo zikhulu kangangokuthi izikhulu zokudla nezolimo ziyeke imizamo yokuqeda isinambuzane eLos Angeles nasentshonalanga yeSan Bernardino County, kusho uGardner. Manje banethemba lokubamba ulayini osempumalanga yeSigodi SaseSan Bernardino, ngenjongo yokuvimbela izinambuzane ukuba zingasakazeki ezihlahleni zezentengiselwano eSigodini SaseCoachella nasenyakatho ukuya eSigodini Esiphakathi. Imboni yezithelo ezisawolintshi yaseCalifornia ilinganiselwa ku-$1.9 billion ngonyaka.
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