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Title: Asian citrus psyllid, huanglongbing and the orange jasmine conundrum

Author
item Hall, David
item Hilf, Mark

Submitted to: Entomological Society of America Annual Meeting
Publication Type: Abstract Only
Publication Acceptance Date: 11/16/2014
Publication Date: 11/16/2014
Citation: Hall, D.G., Hilf, M.E. 2014. Asian citrus psyllid, huanglongbing and the orange jasmine conundrum [abstract]. Entomological Society of America Annual Meeting, November 16-19, 2014, Portland, Oregon.

Interpretive Summary:

Technical Abstract: The Asian citrus psyllid (ACP) is an important invasive pest in Florida because it vectors a bacterium ‘Ca. Liberibacter asiaticus’ (LAS) responsible for a devastating citrus disease known as huanglongbing (HLB). Soon after finding HLB in Florida, concerns arose that orange jasmine in urban areas would influence HLB in commercial citrus, as orange jasmine is one of the psyllid’s favorite host plants, it is widely grown as an ornamental hedge, and transmission experiments indicated ACP could transmit LAS to and from jasmine. This presentation will review the bionomics of ACP associated with orange jasmine hedges, assessments under field conditions of the prevalence of LAS associated with ACP and orange jasmine, and confusion regarding whether orange jasmine grown in Florida is Murraya exotica or M. paniculata and why this distinction may be important.