After inspection, citrus grower from São Paulo has until July 15th to submit Cancro-Greening report
Submission of the report is mandatory for all producers, regardless of the age of the plants
Psyllid resistance to insecticides, management failures and climate favorable to sprouts and growth of the insect population explain the growth of the disease
Insecticides based on the active ingredients bifenthrin and imidacloprid are no longer effective in controlling the insect that transmits greening in some locations and should be temporarily avoided if control failures are observed after their use.
Plants with symptoms were found in the municipalities of Xanxerê, Abelardo Luz and São Domingos; The hypothesis is that the introduction of greening in the state occurred through contaminated seedlings, originating from clandestine trade
From April 2022 to April 2023, in the 34 thousand hectares of citrus planted in the State, the Secretariat carried out field actions in 1.800 hectares of 213 rural properties in different regions, to monitor the HLB, around 5% of the citrus area in RS