据外媒报道,受柑橘黄龙病影响,美国佛罗里达州与洛杉矶的柑橘树遭重创,果农损失惨重。为应对来自亚洲的黄龙病,加州果农与加州州立大学波莫纳分校联手对抗黄龙病,利用亮腹釉小黄蜂(Tamarixia radiata wasp)这种生物武器进行应对。
加州州立理工大学波莫纳分校校长表示,柑橘黄龙病影响加州产值33亿美元的柑橘产业,世界其他地区的柑橘产业也大受影响。
据了解,黄龙病由木虱虫引发。橘子及柠檬等柑橘科的植物,如果感染黄龙病,叶子会枯黄,果肉变酸,最终果树会死亡。利用木虱虫的天敌-亮腹釉小黄蜂是一种较好的生物应对方法。
部分原文报道如下:
Cal Poly Pomona is training an army of tiny wasps to battle the Asian citrus psyllid, a voracious pest responsible for crippling the Florida citrus industry that has recently infiltrated Los Angeles County.
Armed with a $400,000 grant from the Citrus Pest & Disease Prevention Program, the agriculture-oriented university unveiled a new research greenhouse Monday that may become the second-largest facility in Southern California (the largest is in Mt. Rubidoux) for breeding the Tamarixia radiata, a natural predator of the tree-killing psyllid.
The new flank in the war against the citrus plant disease Huanglongbing, carried by the pest, is part of a multi-pronged battle to reduce the infestation of psyllid in Los Angeles, Imperial, Ventura and Riverside counties, wher growers make up a portion of California's $3.3 billion citrus industry.
原文链接:http://www.sgvtribune.com/environment-and-nature/20160725/cal-poly-pomona-raising-army-of-wasps-to-fight-citrus-blight