Scientists have discovered a strange tubular structure inside Profftella, a symbiotic bacterium in the Asian citrus psyllid. These long, helical tubes, filled with ribosomes, show a complexity not ...

Six adult Asian Citrus Psyllids have been found in an insect trap in a residential neighborhood in Arroyo Grande, the San Luis Obispo County Department of Agriculture announced Tuesday. Agriculture ...

SAN DIEGO COUNTY, Calif. — The San Diego citrus industry brings in more than $100 million each year, but there is one bug that could severely impact citrus crops. One way that San Diegans can help ...

Scientists at the University of Florida are testing a new type of citrus tree that can fight off the tiny insects responsible ...

SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY, Calif. – County officials detected six adult Asian Citrus Psyllids (ACP) with an insect trap in Arroyo Grande – these pests are a serious concern to California's commercial ...

Asian citrus psyllids transmit citrus greening, a disease that can devastate citrus groves. New work by scientists in Brazil and at UC Davis shows that the citrus greening bacteria interfere with the ...

The Asian citrus psyllid (left), a representative elongated Profftella cell containing numerous intracellular tubules (middle), and the architecture of a single tubular structure (right). A research ...

WASHINGTON -- Urgency, cooperation, and persistent management are needed among producers, processors, government officials, and scientists while solutions are developed and implemented to combat the ...

State and local agriculture inspectors have been combing through citrus grows near Dinuba ever since two psyllids were discovered in traps. The small bugs can be hard to detect but the threat they ...