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Since Kern County produces a significant amount of the state’s fresh citrus, officials are warning growers to be vigilant in the monitoring and treatment of the dangerous pest that seems to have infiltrated urban neighborhoods in the city.
The ACP can spread a lethal disease in citrus called Huanglongbing. To date, 11 cases of the disease were discovered in residential neighborhoods in Los Angeles County, Kern County’s neighbor to the south. Kern County Agricultural Commissioner Ruben Arroyo is doing what he can to help growers ensure the disease doesn’t make it into his county.
According to University of California Research Entomologist Beth Grafton-Cardwell, commercial citrus growers are already into their second coordinated spray to control the psyllid, which she calls a good practice.
