Source: Food and Farm News
September 23, 2007
A pest never before seen in the United States has turned up in Southern California. The insect, the olive psyllid, feeds only on olive trees. Inspectors found it on landscape olive trees in coastal parts of Orange and San Diego counties. No crop damage has been reported, and authorities want to find natural predators that can eradicate the pest. The olive psyllid is native to the Mediterranean region and officials don’t know how it reached California.
September 23, 2007
A pest never before seen in the United States has turned up in Southern California. The insect, the olive psyllid, feeds only on olive trees. Inspectors found it on landscape olive trees in coastal parts of Orange and San Diego counties. No crop damage has been reported, and authorities want to find natural predators that can eradicate the pest. The olive psyllid is native to the Mediterranean region and officials don’t know how it reached California.