[Ccpg] Practice safe plant propagation- don't spread pests/diseases!

John Valenzuela johnvalenzuela at hotmail.com
Sat Apr 14 22:09:39 PDT 2012


full article here:http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-citrus-disease-20120414,0,2096027.story
California braces for a deadly stalker of citrus

                    
                        A graft of pomelo — a symbol of good fortune
 in many Asian cultures — was the likely source of the state's first 
documented case of huanglongbing, a citrus disease with no known cure 
that is spread by the Asian citrus psyllid.
                    
					
					



























	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	

	
	
	
	    
	    
	  		
	  		
	  		
	  		
			
			
			
			
			
				
				
				
	  			
					
					
					
				
			
		
	

	
		

		

	


					
					

                    
                        
                            




                        
                        
                            
                                    
                                        
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    

                                    
                                        
                                            A worker moves a quarantined
 fruit tree inside Temple Garden Center in El Monte. California's first 
documented case of huanglongbing, a citrus disease with no known cure 
that is spread by the tiny Asian citrus psyllid, has state agricultural 
officials worried.
                                                (Christina House / For the Los Angeles Times / April 12, 2012)
                                        
                                    
                                    
                                        
                                    
                                
                        
						
						
                        
                        
                        

                        
                                
									
    

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									Graphic: Huanglongbing quarantine area, Hacienda Heights
								
							
								
									
								
								
								
								
									San Gabriel Valley homeowners swarm to meeting about citrus disease
								
								
							
								
									
								
								
								
								
									Citrus disease found in San Gabriel Valley; area quarantined
								
								
							
								
									
								
								
								
								
									Pesticides suspected in mass die-off of bees
								
								
							
  
								

                                
                        
                        
						

                        
                        
                            
                            
                        
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            By Rosanna Xia and Diana Marcum, Los Angeles Times
                                        

                                        

                                        
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                                    
                                            
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                                        The worst disease known to the 
citrus industry may have arrived in California on a bud of friendship.



 A graft of pomelo — a symbol of good fortune and prosperity in many 
Asian cultures — was the likely source of the state's first documented 
case of huanglongbing, a citrus disease with no known cure, say 
researchers involved in the investigation. The suspected plant shoot, or
 budwood, was passed freely among San Gabriel Valley church friends who 
loved to garden and experiment with hybridization, according to 
residents.
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full article here:
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-citrus-disease-20120414,0,2096027.story






John Valenzuela, Chairperson
Golden Gate Chapter, California Rare Fruit Growers
http://www.crfg.org/chapters/golden_gate/index.htm

Cornucopia Food Forest Gardens
John Valenzuela Permaculture Services
Horticulturist, Consultant, Educator
California, Hawai'i phone: (415) 246-8834
e-mail: johnvalenzuela at hotmail dot com
http://cornucopiafoodforest.com/
 		 	   		  
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