Abstract

ACP is the key pest of Florida citrus due to its role as vector of greening disease or “huanglongbing.” Feeding damage from CLM larvae facilitates spread of citrus canker caused by Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. citri . Organic citrus growers have few proven alternatives for controlling these pests, providing the motive for this trial. The experimental block located at a commercial grove near Labelle, FL, consisted of 12-yr-old “Hamlin” sweet orange planted at a density of 132 trees per acre. Ten treatments and an untreated check were randomly distributed in an RCBD with four replicates in five-tree plots over four rows with one untreated buffer row between treated rows and one untreated buffer tree between plots …

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