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#Novel Nano-Dispenser Systems Uses Less Insecticide to Kill Citrus Greening Bugs It is a step forward in ridding groves of the insect that is threatening to destroy Florida $10. 7 billion citrus industry.
Using insecticides is one of the few ways farmers currently have to treat their groves for greening, also known as Huanglongbing or HLB.
Citrus greening bacterium first enters the tree via the psyllid, which sucks on leaf sap and leaves behind greening bacteria.
Citrus greening was detected first in Florida in 2005. The citrus industry in Florida has lost approximately 100,000 citrus acres and $3. 6 billion in revenues since 2007, according to researchers with UF/IFAS.
Although current methods to control the spread of citrus greening are limited to the removal and destruction of infected trees and insecticide-based management of psyllid populations
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