Planting Seeds - Food & Farming News from CDFA

From the California Report – Fighting Citrus Pests with a Natural Predator

http://www.californiareport.org/archive/R201201050850/b

Scientists from the University of California are releasting minute, stingerless wasps in Los Angeles to counter the spread of the Asian citrus psyllid, a pest that carries a disease that threatens California’s citrus farmers. UC Riverside entomologist and researcher Mark Hoddle was a guest recently on public radio’s the California Report to discuss the effort.

This entry was posted in Uncategorized. Bookmark the permalink.

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *