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Two videos on the Asian Citrus Psyllid and Huanglongbing – How to check your trees; Florida’s story

March 10, 2016   Office of Public Affairs

Thank you to the University of California’s Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources and to California Citrus Mutual.

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European Grapevine Moth nearing eradication – from the Napa Valley Register

August 31, 2015   Office of Public Affairs

By Barry Eberling A $59 million, six-year battle has all but eliminated a grape-maiming invasive pest that struck the heart of Napa’s wine country. Napa County has spent $9.8 million and the wine industry $49 million fighting the European grapevine moth, the county Agricultural Commissioner’s Office reported. Money went to such things as detection, trapping, insecticides and quarantine compliance. In …

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Wasps used to protect citrus trees from fatal disease – from the Los Angeles Times

August 19, 2015   Office of Public Affairs

By Geoffrey Mohan They look like grains of black sand inside a prescription vial. But each speck is a wasp that is lethal to the offspring of the Asian citrus psyllid, an aphid-size bug that spreads the bacteria that cause Huanglongbing, or citrus greening disease. If California’s $1.8-billion citrus industry is to buy enough time to stave off the disease, …

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CDFA’s commitment to eradicate the Japanese Beetle

June 8, 2015   Office of Public Affairs

The California Department of Food and Agriculture is currently working on a pair of Japanese Beetle eradication projects in Sacramento County, in the communities of Carmichael and Fair Oaks. The beetle has been called perhaps the most devastating pest of urban landscape plants and turf grasses in the eastern United States; that region is generally infested with the pest, while …

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Earth Day & Invasive Species: Sacramento-area students meet “Hungry Pests”

April 21, 2015   Office of Public Affairs

Sixth-graders from Cowan Fundamental Elementary School joined students at nearby Mira Loma High School in the Sacramento area this morning for an energizing and educational event built around the themes of Earth Day (April 22) and invasive species. CDFA Secretary Karen Ross applauded the students’ efforts to learn about the science behind efforts to detect and deter invasive pests and …

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If Bugs Took Vacations…

April 20, 2015   Nick Condos, Director, CDFA Plant Health and Pest Prevention Services

Note – April has been designated as Invasive Plant Pest and Disease Awareness Month by the USDA I’m going to tick off a list of some popular reasons why people from all over the world dream of coming to California (besides the beaches): mild weather, amazing food, a variety of landscapes to adventure, abundant natural resources, and a richly diverse …

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Protecting the Promise of California Agriculture – a report

August 15, 2013   Karen Ross, California Agriculture Secretary, and Linda

View the report here. In turbulent economic times, assessing a government agency’s effectiveness can be a trying task. Our nation’s and indeed the world’s recent financial history did more than force government to cut budgets; it forced many great industries to reinvent themselves. Fortunately for CDFA, the foundation was strong. Before the Great Recession and the ensuing fiscal turmoil that …

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Editorial from the Porterville Recorder – Psyllid scare has been handled very well

June 19, 2013   Office of Public Affairs

http://www.recorderonline.com/articles/restrictions-57416-psyllid-handled.html Local, state and national ag officials, growers and even residents are to be commended on not only how they handled the Asian citrus psyllid finds, but for working together to keep the restrictions to the shortage time possible. The restrictions, basically a quarantine, that had been in place since early this year were lifted Monday, much sooner than most …

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Detection Dogs profiled on NBC Bay Area

June 3, 2013   Office of Public Affairs

http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/Agricultural-Dogs-Sniffing-Out-Illegal-Produce-209436231.html This video content is no longer available. View more videos at: http://nbcbayarea.com.   There was a time when Hawkeye the dog stood amidst the humblest of life’s predicaments. He was confined to a kennel in Georgia, his days playing-out in a small concrete cell. But this was one of those occasions where fate interceded, drawing open a rusted chain …

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Giant, Fluorescent Pink Slugs Found on Mountain – from Yahoo.com

June 3, 2013   Office of Public Affairs

It would seem to be something you’d see only in a cartoon or at a Phish concert, but according to park rangers in New South Wales, Australia, dozens of giant, fluorescent pink slugs have been popping up on a mountaintop there. “As bright pink as you can imagine, that’s how pink they are,” Michael Murphy, a ranger with the National …

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