Hunting for Natural Enemies of Asian Citrus Psyllid in Pakistan
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Hunting for Natural Enemies of Asian Citrus Psyllid in Pakistan
Tuesday, November 8th, 2011Asian citrus psyllid (ACP) was found in California in late 2008 in San Diego and Imperial Counties. This invasive pest sucks sap from citrus and is a major concern for California because when feeds ACP inject into trees bacteria that cause a lethal disease of citrus known as huanglongbing (HLB). This plant disease is incurable, [...]
CISR: Red Gum Lerp Psyllid
Thursday, October 22nd, 2009The Situation: Red gum lerp psyllid is an insect that is native to Australia. In June 1998, this insect invaded California and was first found in Los Angeles County. This pest feeds exclusively on species of Eucalyptus and in California it exhibits high preference for river red gum (Eucalyptus camaldulensis), flooded gum (E. rudis), and [...]
CISR: Potato Psyllid
Thursday, August 13th, 2009The Situation: The potato psyllid is a major insect pest of solanaceous crops growing in Central and North America. Potato psyllid has historically been a sporadic pest in California, generally developing damaging populations for 6 months or a year and then disappearing for 20 or 30 years. However, since the year 2000, year-round populations have [...]
CISR: Tipu Psyllid
Saturday, May 30th, 2009The Situation: The rosewood tree, Tipu, or “Pride of Bolivia”,Tipuana tipu (Fabaceae), is native to South America (South Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, Bolivia) and is widely grown as a landscape ornamental and shade tree in southern California and elsewhere in the world (e.g., Egypt, Portugal, and Israel.) Tipu trees are popular because they are drought [...]
CISR: Asian Citrus Psyllid
Tuesday, May 26th, 2009The Situation: Asian citrus psyllid (ACP) is an efficient vector of the bacterial citrus disease huanglongbing (HLB), previously called citrus greening disease, which is one of the most destructive diseases of citrus worldwide. In the United States, the psyllid vector is found in Florida, Mexico, Louisiana, Georgia, South Carolina, Cuba, Belize and the Yucatan peninsula [...]
