The primary purpose of this agreement is to support methods development for control of asian citrus psyllid (ACP) in residential and other unmanaged citrus in california and arizona to prevent the…

The primary purpose of this agreement is to support methods development for control of asian citrus psyllid (ACP) in residential and other unmanaged citrus in california and arizona to prevent the spread of the citrus greening disease huanglongbing (HLB). Activities to be performed include release of three species of predatory insects in residential citrus and evaluation of their impact on ACP density, optimization of mass-raring methods for the predatory insect diomus pumilio, testing of three methods of argentine ANT control in residential citrus and evaluation of their impact on argentine and ANT ACP density, and support of programmatic needs of urban ACP control cooperators. Deliverables and expected outcomes from this agreement include release of ACP predators in residential areas near commercial citrus and evaluation of their respective efficacies in ACP control, a d. Pumlilio rearing manual made available to interested parties, and a recommendation for programmatic use of available argentine ANT control methods. Beneficiaries of this work include the citrus industry, commercial citrus growers, and the owners of residential citrus. There will be no subawards.