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Calif. state agriculture workers in September began treating citrus plants with pesticide along the U.S. Mexico-border near San Diego in an effort to stop a potentially devastating insect from moving north.
Plants infested with the Asian citrus psyllid?EUR??,,????'?????<???????????a sap-sucking, aphid-like insect?EUR??,,????'?????<???????????were treated with two types of pesticide, an organic compound and a soil-drench product containing a chemical commonly used to control fleas on pets.
While the insect is not considered harmful, it can carry a disease that can cause a tree to produce inedible fruit and eventually kill it.
The treatments used on the plants were the organic compound Pyganic and a soil drench with Merit, an imidicloprid.
Source: mercurynews.com.
Francisco Uviña, University of New Mexico
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Ash Nochian, Ph.D. Landscape Architect
November 12th, 2025
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