AG CRIME ALERT
Update on ACP Finds Announced Today
Asian Citrus Psyllid Quarantine Expands
In Tulare County
For more information on the Asian citrus psyllid and huanglongbing disease please visit: www.cdfa.ca.gov/go/acp.
Ag Research Critical for Future
“Agricultural research is essential to ensuring a highly productive, continuously innovative, and safe food supply,” said CDFA Secretary Karen Ross. “Our national investment in agricultural research is critical if we are to meet the challenge of increasing agricultural productivity to meet the food and fiber needs of a growing world population while adapting to a changing climate.”
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“With frequent news reports on Asian Citrus Psyllid trappings and observations of live adults and nymphs on trees, the citrus industry needs to be more vigilant in keeping this pest suppressed,” noted Beth Grafton-Cardwell, UC Cooperative Extension specialist in the Department of Entomology at UC Riverside.