Pest and Disease

Due to additional detections, the Oriental Fruit Fly (OFF) quarantine in San Bernardino and Riverside Counties was once again expanded earlier this week. The quarantine area now covers 553 square [...]

This year, an unprecedentedly high amount of fruit fly detections has triggered active fruit fly quarantines throughout California. Current California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) [...]

On November 22, 2023, the Citrus Pest and Disease Prevention Division (CPDPD) updated the requirements for moving bulk citrus fruit within and from an HLB quarantine zone to a [...]

The Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) recently adopted regulations that will limit the use of neonicotinoid pesticide products on certain agriculture crops, including citrus. The new [...]

The Citrus Pest and Disease Prevention Program (CPDPP) reported that as of October 27 an additional 11 trees have tested positive for CLas, the bacterium that causes Huanglongbing (HLB) in [...]

The Citrus Pest and Disease Prevention Program is holding a meeting to update growers on the recent Oriental Fruit Fly quarantine in parts of San Bernadino and Riverside counties on Monday, [...]

Following the detection of multiple Oriental fruit flies (OFF) in portions San Bernardino and Riverside counties the area has been placed under quarantine. This new quarantine covers 112 square [...]

Last week the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) declared an HLB quarantine in Ventura County. This is the first time HLB has been detected in the county and the find was on a [...]

The following information was reported Tuesday from CDFA’s Citrus Pest and Disease Prevention Program: The California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) has declared a quarantine in [...]

On October 2, 2023 the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) expanded the Sweet Orange Scab quarantine zones to include the following: Calipatria and Winterhaven areas of Imperial [...]