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Feb. 13—Bakersfield homeowner Lourdes Cahue had three choices regarding the orange tree that had grown into a problem in her backyard off Karen Place. But only two of them were practical because ...

The Asian citrus psyllid (ACP) can spread the lethal and incurable citrus disease known as huanglongbing or citrus greening that threatens the multi-billion dollar global citrus industry. In 2011, for ...

SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY, Calif. – County officials detected six adult Asian Citrus Psyllids (ACP) with an insect trap in Arroyo Grande – these pests are a serious concern to California's commercial ...

With scientists fearing that citrus greening is impossible to wipe out, the agriculture department has decided on a one-two punch that emphasizes control rather than eradication of the disease. To ...

Attention anyone with an orange, grapefruit, lemon, mandarin, pomelo or lime tree growing in the backyard: California’s citrus growers need your help. A state program funded by industry is reaching ...

The citrus root weevil (Diaprepes abbreviatus) is a new invasive insect pest of specialty crops in Leon County. First specimens of the insect were collected at the FAMU Center for Viticulture and ...

State agriculture inspectors are stepping up their efforts to battle what they believe is an agricultural time bomb. After discovering what’s known as the Asian citrus psyllid in the Hillcrest ...

Jim Gorden stops his truck at the edge of one of his orange groves in Tulare County in the foothills of California’s Sierra Mountains. After 50 years as a citrus grower and pest control advisor in the ...

In the late 1990s, scientists from the Joint FAO/IAEA Division of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture were working in south Africa on a programme to help table grape exporters apply the sterile ...

A pest that is deadly to citrus trees has once again been spotted in San Luis Obispo County. The County Department of Agriculture said this week that it has found adult Asian citrus psyllids in insect ...