Edie Tanem is our host and Victoria Hornbaker, director of the Citrus Pest and Disease Prevention Division of the California Department of Food and Agriculture; she joins us to shine a light on the ongoing struggle to protect the state's citrus crops from Huanglongbing disease borne by asian citrus psyllids - an exotic pest bug.  While nurseries and orchard owners are taking precautions, a large portion of the states citrus trees are in home yard gardens, and many never get inspected.

The states' web page for this effort is hound at www.cdfa.ca.gov/citrus

 

 

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