When other, uncontaminated psyllids come to feed on the tree's flush, they ingest the citrus greening bacteria. Inside the psyllid, the bacteria multiplies, causing damage to the bug's gut.

An insect that plagued the state beginning in 1998 has diminished, but a relative has arrived, ravaging trees in Placentia. A Fresh Foe in the Eucalyptus War - Los Angeles Times ...

The California Department of Food and Agriculture has a Hotline to call if you believe your citrus trees have psyllid present at 800-491-1899 or visit CaliforniaCitrusThreat.org.

Transmission among trees occurs most often by infected psyllids. Once the Asian citrus psyllid contracts the disease, it is a lifelong carrier. The disease is spread from tree to tree as the ...

Discovering what makes durian fruit stink First evidence of rare amino acid in plants Date: February 28, 2020 Source: Leibniz-Institut für Lebensmittel-Systembiologie an der TU München ...

They live in a lerp. They wreck paint jobs on cars. And they kill eucalyptus trees. The Red Gum lerp psyllid, first found in Merced County in 1998, has established itself as a major pest for the ...