{"id":11692,"date":"2016-10-13T08:30:27","date_gmt":"2016-10-13T15:30:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/?p=11692"},"modified":"2020-02-24T15:58:15","modified_gmt":"2020-02-24T22:58:15","slug":"continuing-the-fight-against-the-asian-citrus-psyllid-from-bakersfield-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/index.php\/2016\/10\/13\/continuing-the-fight-against-the-asian-citrus-psyllid-from-bakersfield-now\/","title":{"rendered":"Continuing the fight against the Asian Citrus Psyllid – from Bakersfield Now"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"Photo<\/a>By Kristen Powers<\/strong>  <\/p>\n

The fight continues to protect Kern County\u2019s (and California’s) citrus trees.<\/p>\n

On Wednesday, over 100 students and community members went to the Bakersfield College Farm to learn how they can help keep trees safe from the Asian Citrus Psyllid<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Citrus Pest and Disease Prevention Program<\/a> partnered with Bakersfield College to host the free event. It informed community members about the citrus tree pest and how the county is working to eradicate it.<\/a><\/p>\n

One of the speakers was Victoria Hornbaker, who is the Citrus Program Manager for the Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA).<\/p>\n

\u201cThe more people that we get trained on what the Psyllid looks like and what the symptoms of the disease look like, the more eyes we have out there looking for it and the better control we can get,\u201d Hornbaker said.<\/p>\n

Taytanya Smith, an Agriculture student at Bakersfield College, said she came to the event because she is concerned about the citrus trees in Bakersfield.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe eat a lot of citrus and there is a lot of citrus growing here and we can\u2019t live without it, so it is really good to know what is going on with the plants,\u201d Smith said.<\/p>\n

Here are tips from the CDFA to keep citrus trees safe:<\/p>\n