Citrus IPM News

This weekend Lindcove hosts the annual citrus fruit display. Event: Oranges, mandarins, lemons, limes, grapefruit, pomelos, and citrons and many other citrus varieties 180 citrus varieties will be on display Place: Lindcove REC, 22963 Carson Avenue Time: 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM.

California red scale is a key pest of citrus in California. Its life cycle starts as crawlers produced by overwintering females from the past season. Crawlers move and find a suitable place to start feeding. Once they have settled they do not move.

Monitoring California red scale populations by using pheromone traps and degree days California red scale is an armored scale that attacks all citrus varieties.

Citrus thrips field day at LREC On April 22, Lindcove Research Center hosted the first field event of year 2022! A field day was dedicated to discussing information on citrus thrips biology, differentiating citrus thrips from flower thrips, citrus thrips damage, and management options available.

Citrus mealybug has been increasing issue in the San Joaquin Valley in last 3 years. It has been reported from Kern, Fresno, Tulare, and Madera counties in the past years. It is a hemipteran pest that feeds on plant sap, reducing tree vigor and affects yield.