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Targeting the Asian Citrus Psyllid

A major citrus pest may experience a “Bah, Humbug!” kind of year. If all goes as planned, UC Davis chemical ecologist Walter Leal's discovery of the sex pheromone of the Asian citrus psyllid--which spreads the deadly citrus greening disease, Huanglongbing (HLB)--may result in the...

The Asian Citrus Psyllid Team: Scientists in the front row (from left) are Tatiana Mulinari, Rodrigo Magnani, Antonio Juliano Ayres, Walter Leal, Marcelo Miranda, Victoria Esperanca, Odimar Zanardi, and Rejane Luvizotto. The three scientists in back are Haroldo X. L. Volpe (white shirt) Renato de Freitas and Rômulo Carvalho.

Posted on Wednesday, January 3, 2018 at 3:37 PM

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Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Asian citrus psyllid (0), Brazilian Meeting of Chemical Ecology (0), chemical ecologist (0), citrus greening disease (0), sex pheromone (0), UC Davis (0), Walter Leal (0)

Focus Area Tags: Agriculture, Environment, Health, Innovation, Natural Resources, Pest Management

Insect Art

You'd never know by his stunning art work that Christopher Marley once hated insects. (At right: a portion of his spectacular "Coleoptera Mosaic.")Speaking at the 58th annual Entomological Society of America's meeting in San Diego, Marley related that he grew up in Oregon hating bugs--especially...

Christopher Marley

ARTIST Christopher Marley presented a talk on "Aesthetic Entomology" at the 58th annual meeting of the Entomological Society of America. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Posted on Wednesday, December 29, 2010 at 6:44 PM

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Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Aesthetic Entomology (1), Christopher Marley (1), Entomological Society of America (125), Pheromone (2)

Posts Tagged: pheromone

Targeting the Asian Citrus Psyllid

Insect Art

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