date:Nov 30, 2012
rantine after its scientists confirmed on Nov. 19 that an Asian citrus psyllid was found in an insect trap in a Strathmore orange grove.
The psyllid is capable of spreading the huanglonging bacteria or HLB from infected citrus trees to healthy trees. Once infected, a tree over the course of a few years will produce bad-tasting, mottled and deformed fruit before eventually dying.
HLB has devastated citrus crops in various parts of the world, including Brazil and China. And in Florida, the bac