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Saturday, 30 July 2011
Joshua Siskin: Keep an eye out for yellow shoot disease on citrus
By Joshua Siskin, Garden ColumnistPosted: 07/30/2011 01:00:00 AM PDT Closeup of citrus psyllid adult. A potentially devastating citrus disease is coming to California. Its inevitable arrival, however, does not mean that all is lost. Vigilance on the part of citrus tree caretakers, be they backyard gardeners or commercial growers, could make a significant difference in the progress of this citrus epidemic, known by the name of yellow shoot disease. Yellow shoot disease is a bacterial disorder that is spread by a psyllid (SILL-id) insect from Asia. When the psyllid disease agents suck sap from an infected citrus tree, they mix the ingested bacteria with their saliva and then, alighting on...
