ASIAN CITRUS PSYLLID (DIAPHORINA CITRI) DAMAGING CITRUS TREES 21/06/2023

ASIAN CITRUS PSYLLID (DIAPHORINA CITRI) DAMAGING CITRUS TREES

Morphological characteristics:

Adult is a small planthopper, with a body 2-3 mm long, the whole body is ash gray, slightly greenish, the wings are opaque with many small brown spots.

Eggs are oval, 0.3 mm long, have a pointed end and are attached directly to the leaf surface, leaf axils.

 

Larvae are very small, oval in shape, newly hatched are bright yellow. Age 2 and age 3 are in green. Age 4 and age 5 are golden brown and 2 small wing sprouts.

 

 

Symptoms and effects:

The larvae and adult larvae suck the sap of the leaves and young shoots, causing the young buds to fade, rough, and the damaged young leaves have small and curly leaf blades, affecting the growth and fruit yield.

Sweet nectar secreted byplanthoppers is an environment for sootyfungi to grow, affecting photosynthesis of plants.

Asian citrus psyllid is a common pest and is one of the most dangerous pests present on citrus trees in Vietnam and other countries because of the tramsmission of bacteria that cause yellow leaf disease with green veins.

 

 

 

 

Biological and ecological characteristics:

* Life cycle:

- Eggs: 4-6 days

- Young caterpillars: 12 - 20 days

- Mature: Can live more than 8 weeks.

* After 4 - 5 days of maturation, start mating and laying. Eggs are laid in clusters on young shoots. A female lays about 200-800 eggs.

* Adults usually suck on young , medium mature leaves, or along leaf veins. When eating, their wings are usually arranged on the back, the belly is like a roof, the head is down, the end of the abdomen is raised up to form an angle of 30-400 compared to the leaf surface.

* Adults are often attracted to yellow and brown colors.

* Trees that produce buds all year round are often severely damaged.

 Preventive measures:

It is not recommended to plant ornamental plants of the citrus family such as Nguyet Quoi, Can Thang, Kim Quyt... near lemon, orange, and tangerine gardens.

Pruning branches, fertilizing, watering ... control the bursts of buds to focus to limit the growth and harm of leafhoppers.

Uprooting the greening diseased plants in the garden and destroy them to reduce the source of the disease from spreading to healthy trees.

Plant windbreaks around the garden to limit the movement of planthoppers.

Use yellow sticky traps to monitor for planthoppers.

Protect and create conditions for the development of natural enemies in the garden (parasitic bees, weaver ants...).

Spraying when the plants are young, can be used with products: Sagometro 50WG, Schezgold 500WG, Sairifos 585EC combined with Butyl 10WP, 400SC…, or Sairifos 585EC with SK EnSpray 99EC Mineral Oil.

 

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