- Author: Jeannette E. Warnert
Published on: August 13, 2020
![The two red-outlined areas show the ACP and HLB quarantine areas in Southern California. (Screen shot taken Aug. 13, 2020. For updated information, see https://ucanr.edu/sites/ACP/Distribution_of_ACP_in_California/)](https://ucanr.edu/blogs/anrnews/blogfiles/73080small.jpg)
The two red-outlined areas show the ACP and HLB quarantine areas in Southern California. (Screen shot taken Aug. 13, 2020. For updated information, see https://ucanr.edu/sites/ACP/Distribution_of_ACP_in_California/)
The recent identification of an Asian citrus psyllid infected with huanglongbing disease in a Riverside commercial citrus grove isn't surprising, said UC Cooperative Extension specialist Monique Rivera in an interview with Brian German of AgNetWest.
"We've had positive trees removed here in Riverside and we're not that far from LA," Rivera said. "Eventually those two quarantine circles are likely to merge here in Southern California."
Rivera said an HLB-infected ACP hasn't been found in Riverside commercial...
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