- Author: Elizabeth E Grafton-Cardwell
- Author: Barbara Alonso
Published on: September 11, 2018
Research by Dr. Mark Hoddle, University of California, Riverside

Tamarixia wasp laying eggs under ACP nymph. Photo credit: Mike Lewis, Center for Invasive Species Research, UC Riverside.
Dr. Mark Hoddle, a research scientist at the University of California at Riverside, is establishing the biological control agent, Tamarixia radiata, a parasitoid that attacks Asian citrus psyllid (ACP) nymphs, an invasive pest infesting citrus and spreading the deadly huanglongbing disease.
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Tags: ACP (8), Asian citrus psyllid (8), biological control (2), California (13), citrus (14), citrus greening (12), existing tools (1), HLB (14), Huanglongbing (14), Tamarixia radiata (1), usda (5)
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