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Diaphorina citri, the Asian citrus psyllid, is a sap-sucking, hemipteran bug now in the taxonomic family Liviidae. [1] It is one of two confirmed vectors of citrus greening disease . [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It has a wide distribution in southern Asia and has spread to other citrus growing regions.
Citrus greening disease [4] (Chinese: 黃龍病; pinyin: huánglóngbìng abbr. HLB) [5] is a disease of citrus caused by a vector-transmitted pathogen. The causative agents are motile bacteria, Liberibacter spp. The disease is transmitted by the Asian citrus psyllid, Diaphorina citri, and the African citrus psyllid, Trioza erytreae.
Citrus greening, also known as huanglongbing, associated with the presence of a bacterium Liberibacter asiaticum, is an example of a plant pathogen that has coevolved with its insect vector, the "Asian citrus psyllid", ACP, Diaphorina citri, such that the pathogen causes little or no harm to the insect, but causes a major disease which can ...
A tiny insect known as the Asian citrus psyllid, is threatening to spread a disease which could severely damage citrus orchards world wide. Psyllids are known carriers of a disease called citrus ...
Tamarixia radiata, the Asian citrus psyllid parasitoid, is a parasitoid wasp from the family Eulophidae which was discovered in the 1920s in the area of northwestern India , now Pakistan. It is a parasitoid of the Asian citrus psyllid ( Diaphorina citri ), an economically important pest of citrus crops around the world and a vector for Citrus ...
Citrus greening is being attributed for a total output impact of −4.51 billion, and a loss of 8,257 jobs within Florida. [16] The disease has now spread throughout the entire state, and affects every Florida citrus grower. [18] The disease is spread through an insect vector, the Asian citrus psyllid. The psyllid was previously introduced into ...
citrus root weevil Insecta: Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Most common hosts are: citrus trees, papayas, sweet potatoes, ornamental plants, sugarcane, panicum grasses, peanut, corn, and other plant species. The citrus root weevil is known to feed on over 270 species of plants from 59 different families. Diestrammena asynamora: greenhouse camel ...
A study of Asian honeybees recently revealed this method. A curious ant approaches the beehive. A guard bee sidles up to the ant, rears its body back, and smacks the ant with its wing, sending it ...