It’s parasitoid vs invasive species in bio-battle over California citrus groves

Entomologists from UC-Riverside and the California Agriculture Department “have launched a classical biological control program to reduce ACPs [Asian citrus psyllids] in the state’s urban areas,” says the UC Food Observer. The tiny psyllid help spread the devastating citrus greening disease, which results in bitter, misshapen fruit and eventually kills infected trees. “They have imported… » Read More

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