. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. USDA REPORTS FINDING OF IMPORTANT CITRUS PEST IN FLORIDA Citrus blackfly, a damaging pest of citrus and other tree fruits, has been found in Florida, the Department of Agriculture (USDA) reports. Florida State Department of Agriculture inspectors making rou- tine nursery inspections first no- ticed the pest Feb. 5 in a nursery in the Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach area, according to James O. Lee, Jr., deputy administrator for USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS). APHIS plant protection inspec- tors then joi
. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. USDA REPORTS FINDING OF IMPORTANT CITRUS PEST IN FLORIDA Citrus blackfly, a damaging pest of citrus and other tree fruits, has been found in Florida, the Department of Agriculture (USDA) reports. Florida State Department of Agriculture inspectors making rou- tine nursery inspections first no- ticed the pest Feb. 5 in a nursery in the Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach area, according to James O. Lee, Jr., deputy administrator for USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS). APHIS plant protection inspec- tors then joined with the state inspectors in a survey to locate the outbreak's boundaries. The survey is on-going and has thus far turned up a 160-square-mile area of infes- tation, focused in Fort Lauderdale and extending to the west and north. No pests have been found in commercial citrus groves. "Until the survey is completed, we cannot make a decision on what quarantine and control procedures must be implemented," said Mr. Lee. "One thing has become ap- parent, however, and that is the infestation is quite ; Florida Department of Agricul- ture and USDA officials met on Feb. 19 in Lakeland, Fla. to review the data available relative to prev- alence of the pest and the various alternative type of programs to control it. In addition to the Caribbean area where the citrus blackfly is common, infestations of the pest have been identified in northeastern Mexico and the Brownsville, Texas area. The Department has had a cooperative program for more than 25 years with the state of Texas and the Republic of Mexico to control infestations in that area. Citrus blackflies (Aleurocanthus woglumi) damage leaves by sucking the sap from leaf tissues. They also excrete a "honeydew" that nour- ishes a black, sooty mold which damages leaves and fruit. Blackfly infestations can reduce citrus pro- duction by as much as 50 percent in a few months. Outbreaks lasting ove
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